Malheur National Wildlife Refuge fish biologist finds office 'completely trashed,' she testifies

Fish biologist Linda Beck, an eight-year employee at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, said she returned to her office after the occupation of the federal wildlife sanctuary and found her office in the refuge headquarters a mess.

"I would describe it as completed trashed,'' Beck testified Monday.

Beck said her usually slightly cluttered office was "very disorganized'' with "piles of stuff'' and belongings that were not hers strewn about.

Refuge archeologist Carla Burnside found a "huge muddy footprint'' on the solid wooden door to her office, and the locked door hanging off the frame. Documents were "obviously missing'' from her locked file cabinet that contained archeological records, she said.

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