The Oregon Wildlife Refuge Occupiers Left Behind A $4M Mess (PHOTOS)

This photo shows part of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge during a media tour in Harney County, Ore., Wednesday, March 23, 2016. There was a six-week-long armed occupation at the refuge. (Dave Killen/The Oregonia... This photo shows part of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge during a media tour in Harney County, Ore., Wednesday, March 23, 2016. There was a six-week-long armed occupation at the refuge. (Dave Killen/The Oregonian via AP) MAGS OUT; TV OUT; NO LOCAL INTERNET; THE MERCURY OUT; WILLAMETTE WEEK OUT; PAMPLIN MEDIA GROUP OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT MORE LESS
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service expects to spend $4 million to repair damage that was caused by armed militia members who occupied a federal wildlife refuge in remote Oregon earlier this year, The Associated Press reported Thursday.

Pictures from the wildlife refuge taken by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and published on the Flickr account for the agency’s Pacific region show the extent of the damage to the site caused by the occupiers, as well as the big mess they left behind after spending 41 days at the refuge. The FBI had said that the occupiers had left a “trench of human feces” on or near the refuge, too.

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