This is a very informative article about the background history relating to this situation. By the way, the feds claimed the "arson" was done to cover up deer poaching. Just how would that work? It would burn the hair off the carcasses, but not obliterate them! Notice also no locals were on the jury. The current standoff could have been avoided with a refusal by the jury to give the feds any victories at all.

~Basil

http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/what-is-the-oregon-standoff-really-about/

What the Oregon Standoff Is Really About
Forget the Bundys and "terrorism"—the real crime is what federal bullies do to ranchers like the Hammond family.
By Justin Raimondo • January 7, 2016

The occupation of the Malheur Wildlife Refuge in Burns, Oregon, by a group led by Ammon Bundy—yes, of those Bundys—was supposed to have focused attention on the plight of a rancher family that has been fighting decades-long efforts by federal officials to drive them off their land. Instead, this dramatic act of civil disobedience has done the opposite: amid debates over the Bundy family, their tactics, and ideology, the focus has been taken off the Hammond family, and their struggle to preserve their land and their way of life has been largely obscured.

This is their story. ......