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former ranch land to be exchanged...
Posted by: The Unknown Seeker |
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Topic The Commune
Thousands of acres of Former Rajneeshpuram commune land to be exchanged for federal government land.
The current owners of former Rajneeshpuram commune are in serious negotiations with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to swap land. The end result is to create a federal government land preserve. To read the entire article in Wednesday's "The Register Guard"(Eugene, Oregon) go to www.registerguard.com
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Central Oregon land swap proposed
The Associated Press
ANTELOPE — A swap involving land at the site of the former Rajneeshee commune could lead to the creation of two new wilderness areas in Central Oregon.
A Christian-based sum- mer camp is working on the exchange that also would make about 15,000 acres of popular hunting grounds accessible to the public. The trade would need to be approved by Congress.
In the early 1980s, thousands of followers of the late Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh gathered on a 62,220-acre commune that spread across Wasco and Jefferson counties.
The cult followers at-tempted to overtake local elections by poisoning local salad bars with salmonella culture.
The cult collapsed in 1985 and the land eventually became Young Life’s Washington Family Ranch. Tens of thousands of teens have visited the property during the summer or on weekends.
The ranch, however, is intermingled with Bureau of Land Management parcels, and hunters often wander onto camp property.
The swap would allow boundaries to be better defined, said Forrest Reinhardt, a land use and entitlement consultant on the project for Young Life.
Under the proposal, the BLM would give 12,323 acres to Young Life in exchange for 8,821 acres. Two ranchers in the area also would be part of the land swap
The land the BLM would receive could help create two wilderness areas, called Horse Heaven and Coffin Rock, upon congressional approval.
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