A group that attempted to claim ownership of 1,460 acres of national forest land in Colorado by fencing it off with barbed wire last month is being sued by the United States government. According to court records, the government is suing Patrick Pipkin, Brian Hammon and all “unknown individuals” associated with the Free Land Holder Committee who helped fence off public land. Hammon told The Denver Post that Free Land Holders are members of The United States of America Republic. They do not acknowledge the U.S. government, nor the authority of the president, Congress, governors, sheriffs and other elected officials… “Public lands belong to all of us, not to any individual person or group,” acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Colorado Matt Kirsch said in the release.