Biodiversity First! stands in support with the Water Protectors at Standing Rock. We agree that the assault against nature must stop, now at the Cannonball and Missouri Rivers, and everywhere that our waterways are threatened by destructive extractive industries. We believe that our country’s police and military should never be used in defense of corporations and against unarmed civilians using their voices, prayers, and songs to protect the lands that they steward responsibly. We are all Americans, of every tribe on Turtle Island. We are one voice for the rights of land, water, animals, plants, birds, and humans to coexist and thrive on our beautiful planet. Mni – water is a Sacred Gift of Creation. Mni Waconi. Water is Life. 10/27/16