It would be great if the RG reported on the dark money that is funding these so-called grass roots patriot groups throughout the country that continue to push for relinquishing public land ownership from the Forest Service, the National Park Service, the Department of Forestry  to private ownership.  Oregon Congressman Greg Walden, Medford, is promoting a bill that would transfer lands and management to private interests, in part, as a response to the occupation of Malheur, but as well from ALEC, an organization which lobbies Congress and state legislatures to pass legislation that benefits private business and resource extraction, as well as relaxing environmental regulations for the polluters who stand to make money on publicly owned resources.  News about the Bundys and their Malheur cronies are only part of this larger story.