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Letter to the Editor on BLM Atrocities in Mojave
A reader condemns the Bureau of Land Management for allegedly burning cabins and ejecting legal miners from public land in the Mojave Desert. The letter targets BLM director Ed Hasty and Ridgecrest area manager Patty McLean, alleging misuse of policy to destroy historic sites including Walt Bickel's Bickel Camp. The author argues large mining firms gain power while small, independent miners are harmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Land Management
Mojave Desert
California
BLM
Ed Hasty
James Watt
Hasty
Ridgecrest
Patty McLean
Inyokern
Clyde Weekley
Daniel David Mason
Anna Longaker
Glen
Tammy Staley
Walt Bickel
Bickel
la Canyon
el Paso
Walt
Bickel Camp
McLean
Old Bickel
Desert