Federal employees overseeing U.S. public lands were assaulted or threatened at least 360 times over a five-year period marked by heightened tensions with anti-government groups and dwindling ranks of law enforcement officers, a congressional watchdog agency said Monday. The findings will be addressed by lawmakers during a hearing Tuesday before the House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands. It covered four agencies: the Forest Service, BLM, Fish and Wildlife Service and National Park Service. AdvertisementGrijalva said the attacks documented underscored growing concerns over the safety of government workers on public land. The original Sagebrush Rebellion of the 1970s was a period of intense mistrust between some ranchers and federal land managers.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 21, 2019 22:52 UTC