Our Communications Timeline
Waadookawaad has worked to communicate the details of our monitoring work to both agencies and the public in hopes for holding accountable those who have desecrated the land and water of this place we call home.
4/15/22 Waadookawaad Amikwag Public Comments to Wisconsin DNR: Line 5 Re-route DEIS Commentary
9/28/22 Letter to Tribes and US Reps McCollum, Omar, and all MN US Reps
10/6/22 Waadookawaad Amikwag & Partners to Minnesota AG and Agencies: Draft Data Sharing MOA
10/14/22 Betty McCollum support letter to USACE & USEPA for Independent Investigation of Line 3/93
10/14/22 Waadookawaad Amikwag to USACE: Line 5 Tunnel DEIS Commentary
11/16/22 Enbridge Line 3/93 Ongoing Post-Construction Environmental Damages Webinar
11/16/22 Enbridge Line 3/93 Damages Q&A with Waadookawaad Amikwag
11/30/22 USEPA response to Betty McCollum
12/7/22: DNR/PCA Legal: Response to Draft MOA to hold Enbridge accountable
12/7/22: Ilhan Omar support letter to USACE/USEPA for Independent Investigation of Line 3/93
12/9/22: Waadookawaad Amikwag Response to Betty McCollum on USEPA response
12/15/22 USACE response to Congresswoman McCullom
12/30/22 Draft MOA responses from WA/Partners to MPCA/DNR Benke/Smith (legal) & MPCA/DNR Hotz/Doneen (technical)
2/1/23 First Full Team Meeting with DNR/MPCA Line 3 post-construction team
3/3/23 First Technical Meeting with DNR/MPCA Experts
3/8/23 Second Full Team Meeting with DNR/MPCA Line 3 post-construction team
4/4/23 Team Briefing with Doneen, Hotz & Morse
4/17/23 Second Technical Meeting with DNR/MPCA Experts
4/24/23 Third Full Team Meeting with DNR/MPCA Line 3 post-construction team - Cancelled*
4/30/23 Waadookawaad Amikwag presents at Midwest Mountaineering Expo (Ellen Hadley)
10/16/23 Waadookawaad Amikwag letter to AG Ellison seeking added criminal charges for Enbridge damage sites
1/30/24 Waaadookawaad Amikwag Webinar Update: Current state and new discoveries along Enbridge Line 3/93
* Note: The third full group meeting with agencies was cancelled after WA recognized the meetings to date had shown little pre-work by agency staff for our presented agendas, few offerings from the State during discussion, and an inability by the agencies to agree to Waadookawaad Amikwag calls for “No More Harm.” While the group approached the agencies on July 5, 2023, to resume collaborating on future meetings together, we have not had any acknowledgement of our 7/5/23 communication. We continue to struggle with securing responses from state authorities and agencies.
Significant Event Timeline
7/29/21 MPCA acknowledges 8 more drilling fluid releases (Bring Me the News)
8/16/21 Details of Enbridge’s Line 3/93 frac-outs (Minnesota Reformer)
9/23/21 DNR Shrugs off Line 3 Climate Impacts (Science for the People)
9/29/21 Press Conference at Clearwater River with Annette Johnson, Red Lake Band Treasurer (Honor The Earth)
12/15/21 Jaci and Wendy walk with East Savanna River… the beginning of Waadookawaad Amikwag gatherings.
12/27/21 DNR Office Hours Clearbrook Rupture Breach Questions (Science for the People)
12/28/21 Clearbrook Aquifer Breach: Water Protectors predicted it all (Honor The Earth)
2/23/22 Senator Marty request for HDD info from Enbridge (Minnesota Public Radio)
10/17/22 Criminal charges for & enforcement agreements with Enbridge (AG Ellison)
10/17/22 Enbridge Enforcement Agreement Notice & PCA Enforcement Agreement (MPCA)
10/17/22 Announcement of Enbridge enforcement agreement (Fond du Lac Band with MN agencies)
10/17/22 Comprehensive Enforcement Resolution Agreement for Clearbrook and LaSalle Creek (MN DNR)
10/17/22 Comprehensive Enforcement Resolution Agreement for Milepost 1102.5 (Fond du Lac Band with MN DNR)
12/14/22 Letter to USACE Spellmon on Walker Brook (Jami Gaither)
12/20/22 Presentation on Walker Brook to Clearwater County Commissioners (Jami Gaither)