Feb. 9, 2021
Despite sub-zero temperatures, group of Indigenous youth on Tuesday kicked off a 93-mile run to protest the Dakota Access Pipeline and demand that the Biden administration #BuildBackFossilFree.
The run began shortly after 8am CST from a drill pad in Timber Lake, South Dakota where the youth braved a wind chill of -26°F (-32°C) and will end at the Oceti Sakowin Camp site, the center of heated resistance to the pipeline in 2016.
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Standing Rock youth urge President Joe Biden to shut down Dakota Access Pipeline with 93-mile run in frigid weather
A mammoth undertaking in subzero temperatures, Standing Rock youth and allies ran to get President Biden s attention and urge him to shut down the Dakota Access Pipeline. 6:12 pm, Feb. 9, 2021 ×
Danny Grassrope with the Cheyenne River Grassroots Collective ran along Highway 20 in South Dakota toward the Standing Rock Reservation as part of a 93-mile relay run on Tuesday, Feb 9. Standing Rock youth and their allies hope to grab President Joe Biden s attention and urge him to shut down the Dakota Access Pipeline. Craig Bihrle / Special to The Forum
Indigenous youth embark on sub-zero, 93-mile run to protest Dakota Access Pipeline This is a critical step towards righting the wrongs of the past and setting our nation on a path of environmental, climate, and social justice.
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Despite sub-zero temperatures, group of Indigenous youth on Tuesday
kicked off a 93-mile run to protest the Dakota Access Pipeline and
demand that the Biden administration #BuildBackFossilFree.
The run began shortly after 8am CST from a drill pad in Timber Lake,
South Dakota where the youth braved a wind chill of -26°F (-32°C) and
will end at the Oceti Sakowin Camp site, the center of heated resistance
By mid-March, Timberlake residents hope to see the beginning of a dredging process â a long-awaited, much-fought-for effort to save Timber Lake from decades of damage and compounded sedimentation that threatens its health.
After a referendum held in November 2019, the Timberlake Watershed Improvement District acquired the power to tax its residents, and recently set a fiscal year 2021 tax rate of 15 cents per $100 of Campbell County real estate assessed value for the about 157 residents that live alongside Timber Lake.
This real estate tax will be in addition to the current county rate of 52 cents per $100 of assessed value, and is estimated to collect about $62,792 for the watershed improvement district annually.