Hammonds were being pushed off their land for the Uranium.  The whole valley out there is full of uranium deposits.  Bundy's had been dealing with the same land grab issues in NV, Only it was for possible uranium deposits, but mostly for the prime land China wanted to put solar farms in. Bundy's chose the refuge based on it being a main area where the feds had been pushing ranchers off the land...and most jobs in Burns are government jobs. For an idea of how big the area is...from Hwy 97 east to I-84 it takes six hours to drive it fast...across marshes and forests to high elevation sage brush desserts with rimrock hills surrounding massive basin like areas. Beautiful, highly mineralized ancient seafloor. Tons of resources locked up by the dept of the interior. There is so much empty land in Oregon, many of the east coast states could fit inside of it. They have/had locked up the natural resources of our state, and many other western states, for their own payout from foreign entities...for money and power. Bundy's and many of their backers knew this and needed to make it obvious to the sleeping masses. It definitely brought to the forefront that Hillary had sold Uranium to Russia...and at a profit to herself....as did Harry Reid. That acted like great land barons with land they had no right to profit from. We are still living with corrupt Kate here...I can only think they have our elections so skewed, there is no way they could be legit. Everyday Trump waits to arrest these traitors,  is one more day the prosperity of my family is stolen from us for Kate's global agenda. HELP!