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Reuters: Voters in a rural southeastern Oregon county have registered their opposition to proposals to expand federal protective status within 2.5 million acres of scenic canyonlands near the wildlife refuge recently occupied by anti-government militants. The referendum follows calls by an environmental group to designate the area as a conservation zone, a move local ranchers and many others in the area perceive as a potential land grab by the federal government. Of more than 6,300 ballots cast in the non-binding......
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Oregon residents vote ‘no’ on canyonlands conservation
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on March 11th, 2016
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