Editing Harney County, Oregon (section)

===2016 militia occupation===
{{main|Occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge}}
On January 2, 2016, the headquarters building of the [[Malheur National Wildlife Refuge]] was seized by armed protesters related to the [[Bundy standoff]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Zaitz |first=Les |date=January 3, 2016 |title=Militia takes over Malheur National Wildlife Refuge headquarters |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2016/01/drama_in_burns_ends_with_quiet.html#incart_big-photo |access-date=January 3, 2016 |newspaper=The Oregonian |location=Portland}}</ref> The group protested the prison sentences of two ranchers convicted of arson in wildfires set in 2001 and 2006, which the ranchers claimed spread from their land into the wildlife reserve.<ref>{{cite press release |date=October 7, 2015 |title=Eastern Oregon Ranchers Convicted of Arson Resentenced to Five Years in Prison |url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-or/pr/eastern-oregon-ranchers-convicted-arson-resentenced-five-years-prison |access-date=October 7, 2015 |publisher=U. S. Attorney's Office; District of Oregon}}</ref> Militia leaders, including [[Ammon Bundy]] and [[Jon Ritzheimer]], were arrested on January 26, 2016, in an event that included the shooting death of militant [[LaVoy Finicum]] by law enforcement at a highway blockade between Burns and John Day.<ref name="JohnsonBlankstein">{{cite news |last=Johnson |first=Alex |last2=Blankstein |first2=Andrew |date=January 26, 2016 |title=Oregon Occupation Leaders Ammon and Ryan Bundy Arrested, One Dead |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/oregon-occupation-leader-ammon-bundy-arrested-law-enforcement-sources-n504911 |access-date=January 26, 2016 |work=[[NBC News]]}}</ref> The following day, only four militants remained, and they surrendered on February 11, 2016.<ref>{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Alexander |last2=Erik |first2=Ortiz |date=February 11, 2016 |title=Four Remaining Oregon Occupiers, Surrounded by FBI, Surrender |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/oregon-occupiers-surrounded-fbi-surrender-after-six-weeks-protest-n516336 |access-date=February 11, 2016 |work=NBC News}}</ref>