Protestor camps erecting unlawful structures from November 17, 2016 show fortifying encampments for the coming winter

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Date: November 18, 2016

Agency: Morton County Sheriff's Department

Contact: Morton County PIO (701) 426-1587 or (701) 595-3596

Mandan, N.D. – Photographs from a protest camp on US Army Corps of Engineers land north of the Cannonball river show that inhabitants are fortifying their encampment and have constructed temporary and permanent structures without a permit, in direct violation of a Special Use Permit issued by the Corps.