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Oregonian - $6 million will go to restore Malheur refuge, cover other costs of standoff
🇺🇸 Crews from a national cleaning company bustle from building to building at the headquarters of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, ravens watching from perches in the towering cottonwoods outside. Big steel boxes serve as giant garbage drops. Truck-mounted vacuums whine with industrial strength. Workers come and go from big cargo trailers, drawing supplies to clean carpets, wash walls and remove stains. The compound is under one giant spring cleaning. The workers are scrubbing away traces left by armed militants. Dan Ashe, director of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, stood outside the closed visitor center Wednesday, vowing that the refuge would be better than ever after the crews are done. […] Ashe said the occupation will cost his agency roughly $6 million. About $2 million of that came during the takeover and included paying to move the refuge's 17 employees out of town for safety to live at government expense in hotels for weeks. x YouTube Video |
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