The armed ranchers who seized control of a federal wildlife refuge building in Oregon said Monday they wouldn’t budge until the government addressed their demands. The group said they were staying put even as the two men, whose extended prison sentences prompted their protest, surrendered to authorities. “The protest will end when the Hammonds are freed and the federal government gives up control of the Malheur National Forest,” the group’s co-leader Ammon Bundy tweeted. Bundy’s group took control of the federal property after a protest in support of Dwight Hammond, 73, and his son Steven, 46, who faced additional prison time for setting fires that spread to government land. The FBI said it was working with local authorites to bring a “peaceful end to the standoff.”
