CANNON BALL, N.D. - It appears to have been a productive weekend for the Dakota Access Pipeline protest camp cleanup. <\/p>\n
Observers say they're pleased with how much has been cleaned up, but the clock is ticking. <\/p>\n
After a slow start Friday, workers were able to haul out nearly 100 loads of trash and snow, which is good progress towards Wednesday 2 p.m. deadline. <\/p>\n
You can see the difference in the Oceti Sakowin protest camp. Less garbage and less people. <\/p>\n
\"There's no more, there's less, I don't know there's less than 300 people here but this camp's changed a lot,\" said Alex High Elk. <\/p>\n
State contractors began work on cleaning the camp last week and have made significant progress. <\/p>\n
Last week this field was covered in trash, tents and snow, but since state contractors have come in you can tell they've made a lot of progress with still a lot more to go. <\/p>\n
\"Still a significant amount of garbage and a lot of snow and in that snow we don't know, we don't know what's in the snow,\" said Tom Doering, MC EM. <\/p>\n
While some at the camp are heading elsewhere they know others will stay behind. <\/p>\n
\"Some of them don't want to budge. They want to stay here and they want to defend,\" said High Elk. <\/p>\n
Those who are coordinating the cleanup effort by the state and county insist people need to leave. <\/p>\n
\"If the people were out of there it would go a lot quicker and then we could concentrate on those areas the closest to the river and those most likely to flood,\" said Doering. <\/p>\n
Clean up will continue with efforts on both sides at least until the deadline passes. <\/p>\n
Contractors and Morton County decided not to haul trash out today because of the rainy conditions. <\/p>\n
They were concerned the equipment might get stuck in the mud. <\/p>\n
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