Fish And Wildlife Service ‘Relieved That The Illegal Occupation’ In Oregon Over

People wave American flags near the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016, near Burns, Ore. The last four armed occupiers of the national wildlife refuge in eastern Oregon said they would turn the... People wave American flags near the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016, near Burns, Ore. The last four armed occupiers of the national wildlife refuge in eastern Oregon said they would turn themselves in Thursday morning, after law officers surrounded them in a tense standoff. (AP Photo/Rebecca Boone) MORE LESS

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said in a Thursday statement that they are “relieved” that the occupation at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon ended on Thursday after the four remaining members of the militia turned themselves in to federal authorities.

“We are relieved that the illegal occupation of Malheur NWR is over. While we are now able to look forward to a new beginning, there is still much that needs to be done so that the community and the larger public can be welcomed back to their refuge,” Jason Holm, an assistant regional director at the Fish and Wildlife Service said in a statement, according to Oregon Public Broadcasting reporter John Sepulvado.

Holm said that the Fish and Wildlife service will be available to help the FBI assess the crime scene and will repair any damages made to the refuge during the occupation.

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  1. Now, before they can send in the clean up team they will send in the sappers to make sure none of these fine upstanding patriots left any IEDs.

  2. This is an obvious sign that this totalitarian agency is flying the black helicopters back in and will soon begin to broadcast those brainwashing radio waves – designed to turn God-fearin’, gun-totin’ ranchers into sheeple. Oh, well. The Bundys and I tried to tell ya.

  3. We are relieved that the illegal occupation of Malheur NWR is over.

    NOT ME!

    These assholes provided some of the best unintentional comedy on the web!

    They started off full of don’t tread on me fury!

    They even got supplies from the locals, at first, but then people started getting tired of them. They began to wear out their welcome. Then when the militianoids started hollering for supplies, instead of getting food or warm clothing, THIS classic happened:

    Still they kept digging in and digging in with more fury as more and more people laughed at them. But things began to get even weirder

    They even started making up more shit than usual.

    Then THIS happened:

    Suddenly, although they made a lot of fierce sounds and are still tying to make Lavoy Finicum a martyr, Y’all Qaeda wasn’t too anxious about dying for their country as they were when the first took over the place. In fact, all but four of them gave up and left.
    Those last four vowed they would never leave alive. That turned out to be a big nothingburger too.

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