Tension On The Range Partly Fueled By Lack Of Information

A lot of big, anti-government rhetoric has come out of the armed occupation of the Malheur Wildlife Refuge headquarters. While most ranchers aren’t as extreme, their feelings of dissatisfaction and distrust of federal land managers can be very real. [And as Jes Burns of EarthFix reports,] A closer look shows some of this links back to a simple lack of reliable information.