Both people who were locked to equipment were arrested in the afternoon, after stopping work on the site for nearly 8 hours. They were charged with misdemeanors and released the same day.

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People have been disrupting and halting MVP construction around Poor Mountain for weeks, both at the top (where Friday’s lockdowns took place), and at its base at the Cove Hollow worksite where the pipeline is slated to cross Hwy 460 and then the Roanoke River. This was the fourth work stoppage to take place within four days at this particular remote site. Poor Mountain, one of the steepest mountains on the pipeline’s route, was home to the Yellow Finch Treesits, which protected some of the last standing trees in the MVP’s path for two and a half years from 2018-2021.