Line 3 opposition tours ‘Misi-ziibi’ Headwaters amid drought, Enbridge declares project 70% finished
On Tuesday, July 20, organizations gathered press and politicians at the Headwaters of the Mississippi River in Itasca State Park to demonstrate the impacts of Line 3 to states downstream on the Mississippi River, and speak about treaty rights. 7:32 pm, Jul. 20, 2021 ×
Dawn Goodwin, co-founder of the Indigenous women-led group the RISE Coalition, speaks at the beginning of a Line 3 opposition event on Tuesday, July 20, 2021, at the Headwaters of the Mississippi River. (Jillian Gandsey / Bemidji Pioneer)
ITASCA STATE PARK In the ongoing and contentious Line 3 replacement project debate, things are heating up.
Winona LaDuke among 12 arrested Monday, Tuesday at Line 3 protests in Wadena County
Protesters brought concerns over the water extraction occurring along the construction project at a time where the region has entered a severe drought stage and river levels have dropped to minimal flows in areas of northern Minnesota.
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Women chained to lawn chairs were joined by Line 3 protesters on horseback at Shell River in Wadena County on July 19. (Submitted photo courtesy of Sarah Littleredfeather)(Submitted photo courtesy of Sarah Littleredfeather)
PARK RAPIDS, Minn. Two different incidents with protesters on the Line 3 replacement project this week resulted in a dozen arrests.
One local individual was involved in the most recent oil pipeline protest Tuesday.
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Those opposed to the Line 3 replacement project stand and sit facing sheriff s deputies from the area including Wadena County on Monday , Jul 19, 2021, along the Shell River in northern Wadena County.
Photo courtesy Honor the Earth
The Wadena County Sheriff’s Office, along with several law enforcement partners responded to two different incidents on the Line 3 oil pipeline replacement project this week resulting in a dozen arrests.
On Monday, July 19, approximately three dozen individuals came to the Enbridge right of way located along the Shell River. Of that group, approximately 20 trespassed onto the right of way, with six of the individuals chaining themselves together in the middle of the right of way, according to a Wadena County Sheriff s Office news release.
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4 demonstrators arrested for trespassing at Line 3 near Huntersville
On May 24, there were approximately 30 individuals demonstrating and four of them secured themselves to equipment located at the work site.
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The Wadena County Sheriff’s Office received a report of demonstrators on the Line 3 pipeline right-of-way northwest of Huntersville on Monday, May 24.
Around 12:30 p.m., the reporting party stated there were approximately 30 individuals demonstrating and some of them were climbing on equipment located at the work site, according to a Wadena County Sheriff’s Office news release.
When law enforcement arrived on the scene, the demonstrators were near the equipment. One equipment operator had become trapped in the equipment by the demonstrators. Deputies went to the equipment and safely moved the employee from the equipment and escorted him back through the demonstrators, according to the release. Four individuals had also se