Great Lakes Water Protector Network

18/12/2024

We’ll see you in Lansing at 10am on Tuesday 14 January!! We’re standing up to the bureaucrats who rubber stamped the line 5 tunnel🧑‍⚖️

25/10/2024

Thanks for all the love and great energy at Pipe Out Paddle Up 2024! We had hundreds of folks show up to connect with the water and demand and ! We heard speeches from Whitney Gravelle, Roger Labine, Andrea Pierce and more.

We are so grateful to the Sturgeon Singers and Ice Circle Singers for the beautiful songs and drums and to Dan Hinmon who brought a beautiful Jiimaan made by Fred Harrington. Beatrice Jackson led the water ceremony. Food was donated by Big Stone Bay Fishery, Andrew Ettawageshik and Joe VanAlstine, and Pat’s Tree Care.

The entire event was made possible by generous support from the Emergent Fund, and many individual donors.

29/08/2024

Join us for the annual Water Weekend in northern Michigan this Labor Day Weekend!

Friday, 08/30
Friday Night Feast
6 pm
Lost Tamarack Lodge
11848 Warren Rd. Wolverine, MI
Bring a dish to pass! A potluck for friends and volunteers of the Water Is Life festival.

Sat. August 31
Pipe Out Paddle Up!
9 AM to Noon
Come feast and celebrate the water!
Food & Kayaks provided! BYOB utensils
Questions? Email: [email protected] or DM
Pipe Out Paddle Up family picnic and float
Kiwanis Beach
St. Ignace, MI

Sat. August 31
Michigan’s Annual Water Is Life Fest

12 pm till 9 pm
Petoskey, MI
Festival Park near Breakwall
200 Wachtel Avenue
(Same place as last year)
Music, activities, door prizes, family fun and more!
*55 min drive from the Pipe Out Paddle Up
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Sunday Funday
Sunday, 09/01
10 am through the afternoon
Workshops and hanging out
Email [email protected] for location!

Annual Mackinac Bridge Walk —
No Straits Tunnel Community Outreach
Mon. 09/02 am
6 am to 1 pm
Indian Pathways Park,
Mackinaw City, MI
Come help us raise awareness, and build community about water protection in the Great Lakes. We’ll be hanging on the Mackinaw side of the bridge. Contact this IG and/or this email if you want to join us: [email protected]

Also — The deadline for to comment on the Line 5 draft EA are due this Saturday, August 31. Join us in asking the USACE to conduct a full Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to properly evaluate all risks associated with a reroute. Submit your comment at the link in the bio! (Details in previous post.)

29/08/2024

BREAKING: the public has submitted over 150,000 comments to the US Army Corps of Engineers opposing the proposed Line 5 pipeline reroute in northern Wisconsin. This number shows overwhelming opposition to the plan, which threatens the Great Lakes, Indigenous sovereignty, climate, and regional economies.

Canadian oil corporation Enbridge has been illegally trespassing on the Bad River Band’s tribal lands since 2013. The company’s plan to reroute Line 5 involves trenching, drilling, blasting on treaty land, impacting hundreds of rivers, wetlands and streams that flow into the reservation.

Each day, Enbridge transports up to 22 million gallons of crude oil and natural gas liquids through Line 5 from Superior, Wisconsin, under the Straits of Mackinac, to refineries in Sarnia, Ontario.

The pipeline is 71 years old, operating decades past its engineered lifespan.

Line 5 risks catastrophic oil spills in Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, and Lake Huron. It threatens drinking water, Indigenous sovereignty, climate, Great Lakes coastlines and regional economies. 

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The deadline for comments is this Saturday, August 31. Please submit your comment at the link in our bio.

27/08/2024

This Saturday we feast and frolic in the water! Come join us for good food and great company!

23/07/2024

Save The Dates!

Slide 1:
Pipe Out Paddle Up!
Sat. August 31
9 AM to Noon
Pipe Out Paddle Up family picnic and float
Kiwanis Beach
St. Ignace, MI 49781

Slide 2!
Michigan’s Annual Water Is Life Fest

Sat. August 31
12 pm till 9 pm
Petoskey, MI
Festival Park near Breakwall
200 Wachtel Avenue
(Same place as last year)

Music, activities, door prizes, family fun and more! Come for the day, or for the extended Labor Day weekend!

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Related Labor Day event —
Mon. 09/02 am: Join us for the Annual Labor Day Mackinac Bridge Walk. More details coming soon!

21/07/2024

Several groups are collaborating on a day of action on July 25, the 14th anniversary of the 2010 Kalamazoo spill. All are invited to participate.

One way is to take a photo of yourself with a sign at a place relevant to oil spills, e.g., a natural area threatened by a pipeline, an Enbridge office, an Enbridge related bank, etc. Then, send it to this email: [email protected] before/on July 25th.

All such photos, as well as those of more elaborate actions, will be posted on the day or shortly thereafter. Post them to your socials too if you want to!

17/06/2024

“Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel notched a win in her fight against Line Five owner Enbridge today. The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the case belongs in state court, likely benefitting Nessel in future proceedings.

Nessel sought to shut down Line Five shortly after taking office in 2019, arguing the oil-transporting pipeline was operating in violation of the state Environmental Protection Act. In 2020, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer revoked the easement originally granted to Enbridge in the 1950s.

The dispute focused on the timing of a request by Enbridge to move the case to federal court. That notice is supposed to be sent within 30 says of the original complaint, but the company waited over 800 days until a similar lawsuit from Whitmer was resolved.

A three-judge panel ruled Monday that Enbridge’s request came far too late for the case to be considered in federal court, sending the case back to Michigan’s 30th Circuit Court.

That court previously handed down a ruling temporarily shuttering Line Five in 2020. The dispute is still far from over, but could see some movement in the coming months.“

-Sheldon Krause, 9 & 10 News

Article link in bio!

07/06/2024

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Join us on a 2-day life-changing teach-in on Full Spectrum Resistance!

is a project created by a diverse group of activists and changemakers in various social-environmental movements! This teach-in held on June 22nd and 23rd at OCAD is inspired by Aric Mcbay’s works regarding resistance strategies. Aric delves into what makes movements successful around the world, the need for a more holistic outlook on activism, and what goes into tackling systems of oppression together. ✊🌍🫂

Learn about various local and transnational movements, meet your fellow changemaker community, and find out how to care for yourself and others within organizing spaces 💗

Visit ‘s link in their bio to find out more information and get your tickets now!

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24/05/2024

Like our Winter Huddle, we intend to facilitate this space in a way that allows folks to hang and connect, and keep building momentum for grassroots water work in 2024.

*All are welcome whether you made the previous Huddle or not*

Spring Puddle
Wed. May 29th
6-8 pm
3546 Michigan Ave.
Detroit, MI

A collaboration with Great Lakes Water Protector Network and Detroiters Working For Environmental Justice

Food by Kirsten Kirby Shoote. GF & Vegan options available.

Virtual option (please pre-register):
 bit.ly/4bOFA5g

16/05/2024

Thanks for covering important topics like Line 5!

“An international delegation delivered a letter Tuesday to a Canadian consular official outlining what it says is a “looming threat” of a spill by the Line 5 pipeline.”

12/05/2024

New graphic with a few new details!

International Grassroots Action.
Stop Enbridge Line 5 & 9.

Join the fun! Detroit - Tuesday, May 14th, 2024.

A delegation will deliver a petition and letter to the Canadian Consulate at noon. This is part of a growing cross border campaign. Come support them and hear about their meeting!

12:45 PM - PHOTO OPPORTUNITY:
300 Atwater Street @ The River Walk outside Renaissance Ctr.
Lift a cupcake with us to celebrate:
1. The 3rd anniversary of Enbridge’s MI eviction!
2. The wrap of the Canadian Consulate meeting!
*Cupcakes provided. GF/Vegan options, too!
*Rain or shine

2:00 PM - PRESS CONFERENCE:
9321 Rosa Parks Blvd @
(A coffee house with food!)
A handful of organizers from Canada and Detroit will give a meeting overview, and share about their campaigns to shut down Enbridge’s tar sands pipelines.

Some of their affiliations include The Cross Border Organizing Working Group, , Michigan Anishinaabek Caucus, Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition and The Great Lakes Water Protector Network.

This action is part of our efforts to raise public awareness and demand that the Canadian government revoke their support for Enbridge and phase out their unnecessary pipelines.

23/04/2024

Monica Cady for Unit 2 Sault Tribe Board Of Director! &ProtectTheLands

01/04/2024

Plaintiff Matthew Borke, self representing pro se, is a steadfast Water Protector. Defendant Kelcy Warren is the Head of Energy Transfer, the company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline.

Come support Borke in holding Warren responsible on April 03rd, 2024 at 2:30 pm in Ann Arbor, Michigan at the Washtenaw 22nd Circuit Court. Borke vs Warren et al. This is the first hearing since Borke filed the case in 2020.

“In one week, Matthew and Keisha will be in the Court Ring, up against the Pipeline Snakes. 7 years ago it began at Standing Rock, where they stood their ground defending Mother Earth and Her Water. On April 3rd, they will be on the higher ground, and Knock Out the Pipeline Snakes and hold those accountable for their crimes against Our Planet and Her Water Protectors. This Win will pave the way for future Wins for Water!" -Keisha’s uncle

29/03/2024

20/03/2024

Plaintiff Matthew Borke, self representing pro se, is a steadfast Water Protector. Defendant Kelcy Warren is the Head of Energy Transfer, the company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline.

Come support Borke in holding Warren responsible on April 03rd, 2024 at 2:30 pm in Ann Arbor, Michigan at the Washtenaw 22nd Circuit Court. Borke vs Warren et al. This is the first hearing since Borke filed the case in 2020.

20/03/2024

“Cincinnati, Ohio - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel will speak at a rally before her office delivers oral arguments at the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court for her case against Canadian oil giant Enbridge and its Line 5 crude oil pipeline. The Attorney General’s lawsuit, Nessel vs Enbridge, was originally filed in 2019 in the Ingham County Court and sought an order to shut down and decommission the aging oil pipeline through the Straits of Mackinac. Enbridge successfully removed the case from state to federal court. Nessel filed a motion to move the case back to state court, which over 60 Tribal Nations support.” Full advisory link in bio.

15/03/2024

Michigan World Water Week Days Of Action! See our last few posts for details on a couple of these events, and check out our Linktree (in bio) for more info.