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That part of Compton's rant is familiar territory for those caught up in the modern Sagebrush Rebellion, a land-rights movement that is spreading rapidly in Western states. Over the past few years, offices of the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service have come under increasing attack by ranchers, farmers and loggers fed up with federal rules about land use, water rights and endangered habitats. In Nevada, where more than 80% of the state is public land, federal employees have been refused service in restaurants, taunted at public gatherings and harassed with vulgar gestures. In March...
...movement's communications network is often more sophisticated than its judgment, which means that any mysterious incident gets blown into a conspiracy epic. Take, for instance, the "invasion" of Okanogan County in northwest Washington State. It began last September when a local cattle rancher stumbled across a backwoods military camp teeming with men in fatigues. Word quickly spread that the invasion of U.N. troops had finally begun. When concerned citizens showed up at Sheriff Jim Weed's office, Weed grabbed the telephone and soon learned that the men in cammies were actually border-patrol officials conducting a joint operation with...
While community members have faulted the University for not being particularly transparent about its plans for future development and the state of its finances, interviews also reflected a sense of optimism that the appointment of the Allston Work Team—a group created shortly after the University announced that it would halt construction indefinitely on the Allston Science Complex and charged with recommending strategies for Harvard’s expansion into Allston—signals a turning point in the University’s on-going relationship with Allston...
...high school students joined nearly 100 allies, including students from colleges such as Amherst, Boston College, and Northeastern, to lobby for the passage of a bill in the Mass. State House and State Senate that would create a task force to form recommendations for the achievement of their energy goals...
This morning the students will march to the Mass. State House to lobby for the bill’s passage. According to Dominique M. McCadden, a Northeastern undergraduate and SJSF’s statewide campaign coordinator, the group hopes that last night’s event and a final sleep-out on Boston Common will encourage legislators to pass the bill by Earth Day on April 22, the day after the final sleep...