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On Jan 6, 2016, at 11:30 AM, Edward Farrell <ewf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I haven't had time to fact check the Harney Basin back story I linked, which
was posted on a blog and did not cite sources, so I don't know how much of it
is true. But for any on the list who care about such things, it made some
serious allegations. Here are the highlights:
1. The original Harney Basin settlers were ranchers, and in the pre-1908 time
frame they cooperatively developed a large scale irrigation system to water
the high desert grazing land and feed their herds.
2. The federal government established the wildlife refuge in the basin in
1908 and granted grazing rights to the existing
