The Corps’ letter, according to Archambault, said that those who stay on the land after the deadline may be prosecuted, and that there’ll be a free speech zone south of the river. The encampment is near the confluence of the Missouri and Cannonball rivers, and more than a mile from a Missouri River reservoir under which the pipeline will pass. CANNON BALL, N.D.—North Dakota officials are encouraging hundreds of Dakota Access oil pipeline protesters to respect a directive to leave a sprawling, months-old encampment on federal land, but one organizer says that isn’t likely. It’s the federal government’s job to peacefully close the camp because it allowed people to stay there in the first place, Gov. Republican U.S. Sen. John Hoeven and Democratic U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp said the protesters need to move for public safety.

Source: thestar November 26, 2016 20:42 UTC