WATCH LINE 5

Virtual public comments - Line 5 tunnel permit
2025-12-03 13:00 - 16:00 (America/Detroit)
Virtual 3 minute public comments for the Army Corp of Engineers Line 5 tunnel permit will be on December 3rd from 1-4pm EST. See this link for more information.
Additionally, all public comments for the Line 5 tunnel permit are due by the end of the day December 5th, EST. See links below for more information.
Links:

Virtual public comment: https://www.line5tunneleis.com/public-meeting-information/
Submit written public comment: https://www.line5tunneleis.com/submit-comments-2/
Draft EIS supplemental documents: https://www.line5tunneleis.com/no-title/
Public Notice of permit application: https://publibrary.sec.usace.army.mil/api/download?id=aafd7508-d874-4208-c72c-1832f6bcf217&filename=20100046356A19SDEISPN.pdf&token=&preview=true

Public Comment DUE - Line 5 tunnel permit
2025-12-05
All public comments for the Army Corp of Engineers Line 5 tunnel permit are due by the end of the day December 5th, EST. Submit written comment here.
Additionally, virtual 3 minute public comments for the Line 5 tunnel permit will be on December 3rd from 1-4pm EST.
Links:

Virtual public comment: https://www.line5tunneleis.com/public-meeting-information/
Submit written public comment: https://www.line5tunneleis.com/submit-comments-2/
Draft EIS supplemental documents: https://www.line5tunneleis.com/no-title/
Public Notice of permit application: https://publibrary.sec.usace.army.mil/api/download?id=aafd7508-d874-4208-c72c-1832f6bcf217&filename=20100046356A19SDEISPN.pdf&token=&preview=true

Stop Line 5 Teach-in
2025-12-13 16:00 - 19:00 (America/Chicago) | Unity Center, 3339 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL
Join a broad coalition of autonomous organizers from Chicago for a teach-in. We will hear directly from land and water defenders in northern Wisconsin and Michigan on the latest push from Enbridge, and community efforts to organize resistance to stop, evict and remove Line 5. FREE teach-in followed by party/fundraiser @$15 suggested donation, for party location please email sextarave@proton.me
Únase a una amplia coalición de organizadores autónomos de Chicago para una jornada de formación de 4 a 7 a Chicago Unity Center, @3339 S Halsted St, y una recaudación de fondos (de 8 p. m. a 3 a. m., ubicación secreta – para obtener la ubicaccion, contacta sextarave@proton.me

Stop Line 5 Party & Fundraiser (post teach-in event)
2025-12-13 20:00 - 2025-12-14 03:00 (America/Chicago) | ask Sextarave or ask a punk, Chicago, IL
Join us for a party/fundraiser after the teach-in, for location as a punk or email sextarave@proton.me. $15 suggested donation no one turned away for lack of funds.

Line 5 Puppet Build Day
2026-01-10 14:00 - 18:00 (America/Chicago) | United Church of Rogers Park, 1545 W Morse Ave, Chicago, IL, 60626, United States
Come build puppets for a show benefiting water defenders working to figh Enbridge’s Line 5 oile pipeline in northern Wisconsin.
Find us in the downstairs library space of the United Church of Rogers Park.
Useful Tools to Bring: the exact projects will vary day-to-day, but these tools are generally useful

box cutter or exacto knife
stapler, heavier duty is better
clay (to use for sculpting a mold for paper machee. Clay will be returned to you)
hot glue gun
basic sewing supplies
paintbrushes
power drill
pliers and wire cutters

Art Supply Wish List:

paints
wire (as thick as a coathanger or thicker)
plastic or pvc pipes (like hula hoops or similar)
fabric, but especially plain/unpatterned
hot glue
zip ties
wood (round or square, thinner than 2×4)

Line 5 Puppet Build Day 2
2026-01-16 16:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | United Church of Rogers Park, 1545 W Morse Ave, Chicago, IL, 60626, United States

Hands-on workshop: Enbridge watchdogging for everyone !
2026-01-17 16:00 - 18:00 (America/Chicago) | PERRO, 2500 S Blue Island Ave, Chicago, IL
Join us for a hands-on workshop on the basics of community watchdogging of Enbridge Line 5 Reroute activities in northern Wisconsin. We will first review the frameworks used by the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC) for guiding non Native folks’ understanding of the Treaty Territories, after which we will briefly situate community watchdogging among many tools for resisting extractivist violence and supporting Indigenous sovereignty. Most of the workshop will be a hands-on, practical review of pre-construction activities happening on the ground despite injunctions and ongoing legal challenges. We will share the specific methods used by community folks to track, record, report and share observations. Follow-up workshops/trainings include Violations 101, and Endangered Species Survey Monitoring.

Line 5 Puppet Build Day 3
2026-01-24 14:00 - 18:00 (America/Chicago) | United Church of Rogers Park, 1545 W Morse Ave, Chicago, IL, 60626, United States

Water Protector Monthly Gathering
2026-01-26 17:30 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | Stone Soup, 509 Main St W, Ashland, WI, 54806, United States
5:30-6:30 potluck, 6:30-8:00 discussion. This month’s theme: “MMIR and ICE Kidnappings”. We gather the last Monday of each month to build our grassroots capacity to shut down Line 5. Childcare support is offered.
Theme details: Discussion on the similarities between ICE kidnappings and the disappearance and murder of Indigenous relatives in communities impacted by extractive industries, and how we can protect our communties from these harms.

Puppet Build Day - Fight the Black Snake Puppet Show
2026-02-13 17:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | United Church of Rogers Park, 1545 W Morse Ave, Chicago, IL, 60626, United States
Come build puppets for a show benefiting water defenders working to figh Enbridge’s Line 5 oile pipeline in northern Wisconsin. Fight the Black Snake is a community-built puppet show raising funds for water defense in northern Wisconsin, fighting back against Enbridge’s line 5 pipeline and new reroute threatening the Bad River watershed. More info and ways to get involved at watchline5.com.
February builds will have a lot of big puppet work, painting on the crankie scroll, costumes, and figuring out the exact narrative of the spectacle puppet finale:)
Big builds especially the 13th are gonna be more technical focused, since these are the really large puppets. Crankie painting and costume work will likely be happening alongside all the builds. We’ll probably also be adding to & updating some existing puppets!
Location: United Church of Roger’s Park, upstairs

Line 5 Puppet Build Day
2026-02-20 17:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago)
Fight the Black Snake is a community-built puppet show raising funds for water defense in northern Wisconsin, fighting back against Enbridge’s line 5 pipeline and new reroute threatening the Bad River watershed. More info and ways to get involved at watchline5.com. Come build puppets with us!
February builds will have a lot of big puppet work, painting on the crankie scroll, costumes, and figuring out the exact narrative of the spectacle puppet finale:)
Big builds especially the 13th are gonna be more technical focused, since these are the really large puppets. Crankie painting and costume work will likely be happening alongside all the builds. We’ll probably also be adding to & updating some existing puppets!
Location: United Church of Roger’s Park, downstairs library space

Water Protector Monthly Gathering
2026-02-23 17:30 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | Stone Soup, 509 Main St W, Ashland, WI, 54806, United States
5:30-6:30 potluck, 6:30-8:30 discussion. This month’s theme: “Diversity of Tactics”. We gather the last Monday of each month to build our grassroots capacity to shut down Line 5. Childcare support is offered.

Bayfield and Ashland County meeting to discuss Enbridge funding law enforcement
2026-02-24 09:00 - 19:00 (America/Chicago)
On Tuesday, both the Bayfield County Board of Supervisors and the Ashland County Board of Supervisors is meeting and potentially voting on a cooperative agreement between the County Sherrifs Dept. and Enbridge where sherrifs would provide law enforcement services for Enbridge and Enbridge will reimburse them. Show up on Tuesday February 24th to voice your concerns. Also show up to the City of Ashland council meeting to tell them not to sell water to Enbridge. More information here.

Ashland County Board of Supervisors Meeting: Courthouse, 201 Main st. W, Ashland Tuesday, February 24th at 9am

Bayfield County Board of Supervisors Meeting Courthouse, 117 E 5th St., Washburn Tuesday, February 24th at 6pm

Ashland City Council Meeting City Hall, 601 Main st. W, Ashland Tuesday, February 24th at 6pm
More information on agreement between Enbridge and local Sherrif Departments: Services Enbridge is funding will include: 1. Assign officers to perform patrols of the Project site and surrounding locations on a daily basis to promote safety and wellbeing on the Project site.2. Control measures. Maintain the peace in and around the Project site, including assistance with crowd3. Statutory duties. Provide any required emergency or environmental services consistent with4. Coordinate with Enbridge Project personnel as required to perform statutory duties.5. Provide transportation, parking, and traffic control services.6. Project site. Respond to calls for service received through general dispatch for incidents at the7. Respond to accidents or incidents at the Project site requiring first responder services, including but not limited to administration of first aid and completing accident reports.8. Assist in the development and presentation of education-based programs to address public safety concerns regarding the Project.

Of exceptional concern in the agreement is Section G. which appears to highlight keeping all financial records hidden and it tip toes on all files being hidden. I.e. no FOIA allowable. This is an extra caveot to what they did for the Line 3 agreement. Likely because people were able to FOIA the financial records and then publicize them.

Of additional concern, is that it is likely that the County Board agenda does not comply with the notice requirements of the open meetings law. See pp 14 to 17 of this compliance guide. The law says that the agenda needs to appraise the public of what will be discussed and that if the government body can anticipate a lot of public interest then they need to be more specific. If that agreement relates to Enbridge then the agenda title should say that explicitly since the public is surely interested in an agreement that relates to Enbridge. https://www.wisdoj.gov/Open%20Government/OML_guide.pdf

Download and read the agreement here.

WCA- Public Safety Expense Escrow Agreement- Counties (final)

Oral Hearing in the Supreme Court--Nessel vs. Enbridge
2026-02-24 10:00 - 17:00 (America/Detroit)
There will be an oral hearling in the Supreme Court case scheduled for 10 am (EST) on February 24, 2026.
See more here: https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/DocketFiles/html/Public/24-783.html

Line 5 Puppet Build Day
2026-02-24 17:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | United Church of Rogers Park, 1545 W Morse Ave, Chicago, IL, 60626, United States
Fight the Black Snake is a community-built puppet show raising funds for water defense in northern Wisconsin, fighting back against Enbridge’s line 5 pipeline and new reroute threatening the Bad River watershed. More info and ways to get involved at watchline5.com. Come build puppets with us!
February builds will have a lot of big puppet work, painting on the crankie scroll, costumes, and figuring out the exact narrative of the spectacle puppet finale:)
Big builds are going to be more technical focused, since these are the really large puppets. Crankie painting and costume work will likely be happening alongside all the builds. We’ll probably also be adding to & updating some existing puppets!
Location: United Church of Roger’s Park, upstairs

Ashland City Council Meeting - Tell them not to sell water to Enbridge
2026-02-24 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Chicago)
The City of Ashland is considering selling water to Enbridge for the construction of the Line 5 reroute project through the Bad River water shed.

Show up on February 24th at 6pm and tell the council to say NO to Enbridge.

Can’t show up? Email the council members. Matthew MacKenzie – Mayor: mmackenzie@coawi.org Kevin Seefeldt – District 1 Alderperson: district1@coawi.org Shawn Brede – District 2 Alderperson: district2@coawi.org Peter Levi – District 3 Alderperson: district3@coawi.org Andrew Goyke – District 4 Alderperson: district4@coawi.org Jim Gregoire – District 5 Alderperson: district5@coawi.org Charlie Ortman – District 6 Alderperson and City Council President: district6@coawi.org Nancy Sztyndor- District 7 Alderperson: district7@coawi.org

#waterislife #stopline5

Line 5 Puppet Build Day & Rehearsal
2026-02-26 17:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago)

Mackinac Straits Corridor Authority to meet Feb. 27 in Lansing
2026-02-27 10:00 - 13:00 (America/Detroit) | Michigan Library and Historical Center, 702 W. Kalamazoo St., Lansing, Michigan, 48915, United States Minor Outlying Islands
LANSING, Mich. – The Mackinac Straits Corridor Authority (MSCA), tasked with overseeing construction, maintenance and operation of a utility tunnel beneath the Straits of Mackinac, will meet Feb. 27 in Lansing. A copy of the full agenda will be available at the MSCA website. The meeting will be available to watch live on YouTube.
Who:
Community members, Interested residents, Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) staff and contractors
Accessibility:
Attendees who require mobility, visual, hearing, written, or other assistance for effective participation should contact Orlando Curry at 517-241-7462 or CurryO@Michigan.gov, preferably at least five business days prior to the scheduled meeting. Forms are located on the Title VI webpage. Requests made after this timeframe will be evaluated and honored to the extent possible.
Public comment:
Written public comment to the MSCA may be submitted online or to MDOT-MSCA@Michigan.gov. Each person who chooses to provide public comment at the meeting venue will have up to three minutes to address the MSCA.
Background:
The tunnel will house a replacement segment for the Enbridge Line 5 light oil and natural gas liquids (NGL) pipelines that currently sit on the bottom of the Straits and will accommodate other utilities to improve infrastructure connections between the peninsulas. MSCA will own the tunnel after it is built and provide independent oversight throughout its life.
More information regarding the authority’s role, meeting minutes and recordings, and other resources are available on the MSCA website, including a list of frequently asked questions and answers.

Line 5 Puppet Show - Dress Rehearsal
2026-02-27 15:30 - 18:30 (America/Chicago) | United Church of Rogers Park, 1545 W Morse Ave, Chicago, IL, 60626, United States
Fight the Black Snake is a community-built puppet show raising funds for water defense in northern Wisconsin, fighting back against Enbridge’s line 5 pipeline and new reroute threatening the Bad River watershed. More info and ways to get involved at watchline5.com. Come build puppets with us!
We will have our final dress rehearsal right before the show on Friday.
Location: United Church of Roger’s Park, sanctuary

And Again, The Waters Speak - A Puppet Show Against Pipelines
2026-02-27 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | United Church of Rogers Park, 1545 W Morse Ave, Chicago, IL, 60626, United States
The Pirates of the Buried Swamp present a puppet show against pipelines: “And Again, The Waters Speak”.
Time: Friday, February 27, doors at 6:30pm, show at 7pm
Location: United Church of Roger’s Park, in the sanctuary
Price: Pay what you can, suggested donation $15
“And Again, The Waters Speak” is a community built puppet show about colonial wounds, and building connections from Chicago, across the Great Lakes, and to the Enbridge Line 5 re-route in the ceded territories. Most of us who live in cities have been severed from relationship with water. In fact, the city as imagined by empires cannot exist without this desecration, and many cities have been standing for so long that we don’t know any other reality.
Because of this, when people hear of extraction projects happening in rural places, places that have often been protected for longer, they rush to the front lines, because it’s easier to fight for something one may see as ‘whole’ or ‘pristine’ than the waters of their own homes. This isn’t to say that one is more important than the other. All our waters are connected, and by learning the stories of the waters we call home, by learning how to listen when they speak, we can stand in solidarity with those fighting extraction farther away from us, rooted in deep love and responsibility for every being we are connected to in struggle.
We chose the medium of puppetry to tell these stories because we wanted to use public art builds as a way to connect with people and get folks thinking about extractive projects both in and around Chicago, as well as in connection to the Enbridge Line 5 re-route through the ceded territories. Our goal is to draw attention to and question the settler colonial ways of understanding land and water, to share research about the history of the canalization of Chicago and the effects of line 5 done by others, and to put on a good show.
This is a story in a constant state of telling and retelling, and we are reaching out earnestly and with curiosity to people who have something they wish to share or correct. Please reach out to us so we can sharpen our minds together.
Thank You!

Oral Arguments in the Michigan Supreme Court in the MPSC Line 5 Case
2026-03-11 09:30 - 17:00 (America/Detroit) | Michigan Hall of Justice, 925 W. Ottawa St., Lansing, MI, United States
Oral Arguments in the Michigan Supreme Court will be heard for the Line 5 Tunnel Reroute Case. Tribal nations and environmental groups interested in the protection and preservation of the state’s natural resources or their own fishing and treaty rights, appealed the Michigan Public Service Commision’s final order to approve Enbridge’s tunnel project to the Court of Appeals, which affirmed in a published opinion.
The cases will be heard in the 6th floor courtroom at the Michigan Hall of Justice at 925 W. Ottawa St. in Lansing and will be livestreamed from the Michigan Supreme Court website.
For more information see this website.

For the Love of Water - Opening Reception
2026-03-13 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | Arts + Literature Laboratory Madison, 111. S. Livingston St. Suite 100, Madison, WI, 53703, United States
For the Love of Water is a grassroots resistance themed art exhibition in Madison. It is open from March 3 through April 18th.
As explained on their website: For the Love of Water is organized to educate and inspire people to work collaboratively to protect the water. The show is a collaboration between Great Lakes artists whose work connects to water whether through the materials and methods used or the stories told. Water connects us all, and as such, so do the threats posed by extractive industries like mining and pipelines.
Event Weekend Activities:
– Friday March 13th: – Opening Reception (6 – 8pm)
– Saturday, March 14 – Screening of Bad River Film (~6 – 9pm)
– Sunday, March 15 – Community Silkscreening event (10am – 1pm)
Related links:
– Event Link: https://artlitlab.org/events/for-the-love-of-water
– Link to Susan Simensky Bietila’s new book – Front Lines: A Lifetime of Drawing Resistance

For the Love of Water – Screening of Bad River Film
2026-03-14 18:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | Arts + Literature Laboratory Madison, 111. S. Livingston St. Suite 100, Madison, WI, 53703, United States

For the Love of Water – Community Silkscreening event
2026-03-15 10:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago) | Arts + Literature Laboratory Madison, 111. S. Livingston St. Suite 100, Madison, WI, 53703, United States

Animal Tracking Workshop
2026-03-21 14:00 - 17:00 (America/Detroit) | Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center Trails, 29270 Co Hwy G, Ashland, WI, 54806, United States
Join us in learning to notice and identify the tracks & other signs of wildlife to help protect and monitor our watersheds!
Tracking is an important method for monitoring the impacts of the work that is starting to clear for the reroute of line 5. We are much more likely to see the tracks and sign of an animal who depends on ecosystems and waterways crossed by the reroute than we are to see the actual animal. This gathering is an opportunity get comfortable noticing and documenting tracks and can help prepare folks to monitor reroute activities and submit pictures of tracks for expert support in identifying the tracks.
The event will be held in the trails around the Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center.

Ashland County Board Meeting - Say no to cooperation between Enbridge and the Sherriff Deparment
2026-03-24 09:00 - 11:00 (America/Chicago)
Cooperative Agreements with Sherriff Departments
Enbridge is trying to establish Cooperative Agreements with the Sherriff Departments in Ashland, Bayfield, and Iron Counties. Ashland and Iron County both passed agreements in February. There’s an effort in Ashland to have a re-vote. Bayfield County is considering a modified version after voting no in February. There is a conflict of interest with teh Sheriff Departments serving to protect the Bad River Band and then having a cooperative agreement with Enbridge. The priority needs to be serving and building trust within our local communities, not protecting a Canadian company.
Ashland County Board Meetings: 9am on 3/24, 4/21
Bayfield County Board Meetings 6pm on 3/31, 4/28
Iron County Board Meetings: 6pm on 3/31, 4/28
See attached flier and this update post for more information.

Water Protector Community Gathering
2026-03-30 17:30 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | Stone Soup, 509 Main St W, Ashland, WI, 54806, United States
5:30-6:30 potluck, 6:30-8:30 discussion. This month’s theme: “Community Monitoring of Enbridge Line 5”. We gather the last Monday of each month to build our grassroots capacity to shut down Line 5. Childcare support is offered.

Ashland City Council Meeting
2026-03-31 18:00 - 19:30 (America/Chicago)
City of Ashland selling water to Enbridge
Enbridge has approached the City of Ashalnd Public Works Committee about selling water to Enbridge for the construction of the Line 5 reroute project. On Feb. 11, 2020 the City Council unanimously passed a Resolution “to support the efforts of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa to remove the Enbridge Line 5 pipeline from the Bad River Watershed.” To be an ally, our actions must align with our words and selling water to Enbridge goes against the Bad River Bands efforts to remove the pipeline from the watershed.
Public Works Committee Meetings: 5:30pm on 4/9, 5/14
City Council Meetings: 6pm on 3/31, 4/7, 4/21, 5/21, 5/26
See attached flier and this update post for more information.

Bayfield County Board Meeting - Say no to cooperation between Enbridge and the Sherriff Deparment
2026-03-31 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago)

Iron County Board Meeting - Say no to cooperation between Enbridge and the Sherriff Deparment
2026-03-31 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago)
