Never presented thoroughly this entire drama.  For example, the area occupied is a wildlife refuge, not BLM land.  The wildlife refuge has high even noble purpose, to support wildlife, especially birds. It is really actually owned by the general public everywhere throughout the nation, yours, mine, our children's. It is a  very public place,  and other reading, widely enjoyed by the public.  High PUBLIC value, used by the PUBLIC. Also  it is land entrusted to guard arfacts of the neighboring Indian tribe. our first peoples.  Vandalizded and destroyed by the Bundy terrorists with bulldozer.. That this is public property, dedicated  as a wildlife refuge
 by Theodore Roosevelt and belonging to and benefitting an American public at large is the proper framework, completely missed in most media reporting fixated on the drama but missing he essence of this very special piece of public property, in reality not "owned" only managed by the federal government for you and  for me.