{"id":6220,"date":"2017-03-22T08:38:32","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T15:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/larryeifert.com\/?p=6220"},"modified":"2023-11-22T08:20:39","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T16:20:39","slug":"malheur-national-wildlife-refuge-site-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/2017\/03\/malheur-national-wildlife-refuge-site-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Malheur National Wildlife Refuge site visit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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We spent all last week out in the eastern Oregon high-desert country at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge south of Burns. Where\u2019s that? 150 miles from the next nearest town.<\/strong> We were installing some temporary exhibits so the visitor center can at least reopen after the occupation by WHITE terrorists a year ago. What? An amazing collection of wildlife, historic ranches, huge vistas and almost 188,000 acres of public land. Oh, and the sandhill cranes and snow geese? This photo was a small section of one flock, and it was hanging out IN TOWN!Most photos by Nancy Cherry Eifert<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nancy and I took somewhere around 1000 reference and wildlife photos, her camera clicking more than mine. We\u2019re supposed to be the local site team and were there with the Boss<\/em> from Georgia who made things proper and friendly (actually, Rosie is as un-boss as it gets). As for the refuge, as Carey, the refuge contact said \u201cWE NEED HELP\u201d and so we\u2019re giving it as best we can with art, photography, exhibits, waysides and a bunch of new signs to replace those shot up by cowboys \u2013 guys that evidently think guns and white privilege trump our heritage and access to public lands (pun intended).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you don\u2019t remember yet, this was the place that the Bundy armed militia took over a year ago and demanded the federal government return all land to the cowboys because their cowboy descendants had it first. Remember that? Of course the local tribe said something like \u201cREALLY?\u201d \u2013 but enough of that nonsense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I feel a great privilege to be able to use our skills to help with this mess, which is basically a violation of my heritage. MY HERITAGE \u2013 notice the caps?  If i can even get this place half way fixed up so visitors have a good experience and learn something, I\u2019ll feel successful.<\/p>\n\n\n

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This is inside the Sod House Ranch barn, an ancient structure that\u2019s now cabled against the desert winds (see the cables?). Notice the full pinyon trunks for posts that were brought miles in wagons. It\u2019s only open a few weeks a year but we had open access. There\u2019s a heron and Canada goose rookery in the ranch house trees  (I never knew Canada geese nested in trees). Once part of the largest private ranch in the country, it\u2019s part of the refuge. Nancy said she felt like  she was in a candy store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ll share some more photos of this amazing place next post and on into the year as we get this thing together and the road from home to Malheur gets some Eifert tire rubber!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks for reading this week.
Larry Eifert<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s the blog on the web.<\/a> And here\u2019s my Facebook fan page<\/a>. I post lots of other stuff there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click <\/a>here to go to our main website \u2013 with jigsaw puzzles, prints, interpretive portfolios and lots of other stuff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nancy\u2019s web portfolio of stunning photography<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And\u00a0here to go to Virginia Eifert\u2019s website.<\/a> Her books are now becoming available as Amazon Kindle books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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