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C-dub wrote:Maybe it was this that threw me off.

The brothers have been convicted of arson but maintain that they were entitled to set fire to land as they were doing so to reduce growth of invasive plants and protecting their property from the threat of wildfires

Got to love reporters:
"Dwight Hammond, 73, and Steven Hammond, 46, said they lit the fires in 2001 and 2006 to reduce the growth of invasive plants and protect their property from wildfires. The two were convicted of the arsons three years ago and served time — the father three months, the son one year."

C-dub wrote:The two guys, brothers, were convicted of arson because they burned off some brush on their own land? Or does the fed think it is public/fed/BLM land?

I think it was a father and son (one is 73 the other is 46).