Land Back – Unsalted Counter Info

A large open field with survey stakes, exposed earth and construction equipment. A banner alongside the driveway into the worksite reads "Camp Coyote Hillls" and "Opening 2026"

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The forest grows uneasy in the nest of the thunderbirds. Everyday there arrives more machines, more pipe, and more men. So many men that they have a whole camp for their corrupt consciouses. The forest listens as each day brings with it more noise than the last. The sounds of machines humming, men yelling, and trees falling. The forest heard the men talking of a plan to start a new wave of construction by the end of the year. There hasn’t been this much noise on the shores of the medicine river for almost a generation, since the fight for the water against goegebic taconite. The only noise missing is the crackling sound of campfires and the joyous music of the defenders of the earth camping amongst the trees. But just because there is no camp, does not mean that action isn’t being taken. Every week the forest is introduced to new allies. People from all over have been making plans to resist the development of this black snake and have been coming self sufficient and autonomous to the shores of Gichigami to take action. You and your friends are invited to follow suit. The forest is waiting to meet you.

***To see more scouting information and photos on Enbridge’s current activities on the re-route, or to make reports of construction activity, visit watchline5.com > WI Monitoring

***For a KML file of the re-route map go to watchline5.com > WI-Maps

And a Press Release on https://watchline5.com/category/updates/

Enbridge Starts Construction Related Activities for Re-Route of Line 5 Pipeline

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The forest that stretches through so called iron county on the edge of Mishkiiziibii (Bad River Reservation) and near the southern shore of Gitchigami (Lake Superior) is home to some of the largest giizhik (cedar) ive ever seen. The forest floor there is damp and rolled over with moss and leaves and fallen trees. Mossy holes and roots reaching around stones, giizhik (cedar), mitigominzh (oak), ookwemin (cherry), and aninaatig (maple). This is also the site of Enbridges proposed line 5 reroute. A small group of us recently walked the eastern half of the proposed easement. With anger, sadness, and love in our hearts we spiked dozens of the trees who make up this forest. We did this because we want to stop Enbridge. We did it because we hate them and all that they come from. We did it because we hate the world that they build. We did it because we could. The forest held us and hid us and Enbridge could do nothing about it. We walked all over their easement and we’ll be back.

Today we send them a warning:

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