UPDATE 10:45 P.M.: Police moved their way between the protesters, moving them away from the highway. This allowed the megaload to accelerate away and leave protesters unable to keep up with it.
UPDATE 10:30 P.M.: Nez Perce Tribal Police officers and Idaho State Police troopers have told the protesters to get off the highway or risk being arrested.
The crowd is slowly moving backward, following police instructions as the megaload slowly works its way past Canoe Camp.
OROFINO — A convoy of vehicles accompanying the megaload is within sight of Canoe Camp just west of here.
Approximately 100 protestors have gathered along Highway 12 awaiting the arrival of the megaload shipment bound for Alberta, Canada.
The protestors, a mix of Nez Perce tribal members and others, carried signs with messages such as “Idle no more, Nez Perce Tribe,” and “Megaloads not welcome.”
Protesters were organizing in advance of the megaload’s arrival, asking those present to be peaceful and not provide law enforcement reasons to arrest them.
The megaload started the evening just west of Pink House and is expected to travel through Kamiah and end its third day of travel at Kooskia.
