The designation of 2.5 million acres in southeast Oregon as a national monument continues to be pushed by conservationists and opposed by area interests. (Submitted photo)
By Pat Caldwell
The Enterprise
JORDAN VALLEY — The man in the White House will decide Rancher Elias Eiguren’s future on rangelands of Malheur County.
The fifth-generation cattleman can only wait to see whether President Obama bends to environmental interests to put 2.5 million acres of the Owyhee Canyonlands into a national monument.
The president has about six weeks – until Jan. 20 – to act. Meantime, there is no indication whether the new Trump administration would consider the matter if Obama didn’t act.
That’s a long waiting game for ranchers such as Eiguren.
“The reality is if it does come along it will . . .
