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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  1. The FBI had said that the occupiers had left a “trench of human feces” on or near the refuge, too.

    Considering how full of it the methbilly ammosexuals are, it’s no surprise they filled a trench.

  2. What a bunch of pigs! Keep track of every penny spent, triple it, and cease whatever property these yahoos have to sell at auction.

    $4 million, 40 days, that comes out to $100k per day. Seriously, PIGS!

    ETA: I meant “seize”, not “cease”! I shall retire my grammar police hat immediately due to the glass house situation in which I now find myself…

  3. will the rest of us be able to recover any of the money from these ‘committed stewards’ of our Federal land?

  4. Avatar for pb pb says:

    And these slobs think that stewardship of our federal lands should be turned over to them?

  5. Avatar for fess fess says:

    Evidently after the pipes burst and the toilets weren’t functional, those “patriots”/rugged outdoorsmen just pooped wherever. The pit toilet trench was a later thought, much later. According to local media who went out there, they were advised to watch where they stepped. There’s evidently quite of bit of hazmat type clean up being done both inside and out.

    If I were those media folks, I’d have been very careful to not touch anything and bleached my shoes and jeans when I got home. Can you imagine what their homes must look like?

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