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The group set up camp saturday after a march in a nearby town in support of two ranchers. Dwight hammond and his son steven were convicted of setting fires on federal land in 2001. And in 2006 served jail time. They say it wasnt arson, but controlled burns to protect their property. In october a judge added four more years to their sentence. Ammon bundy is leading the occupation. He says theyre fighting back against the governments expansion of the over 100 yearold federal wildlife refuge at the expense of local ranchers. ammon bundy rancher there have been some tremendous abuses. They used the courts to prosecute and to basically take the land and resources away from the people. brian loftus back in 2014, bundys father cliven, was involved in a dispute with federal officials over grazing rights on federal land in nevada. That escalated into an armed confrontation. In a statement, the hammonds attorney reports theyre not associated with bundys group. Dwight and
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