Occupants of the tree stands have changed over time, and their identities have often remained unknown to pipeline officials.

Although Mountain Valley has referred to “tree sitter 1” and “tree sitter 2” in its request for an injunction, the company has named some of the approximately 15 protesters it has sued.

Security workers for the pipeline identified Jordan Romeo as being in one of the tree stands in the pipeline’s right of way off Yellow Finch Lane near Elliston last Aug. 6.

However, Romeo maintains she was at work in Durango, Colorado, that day, and has cellphone records and the testimony of coworkers to back her up, her attorneys wrote in October in a motion to dismiss her from the case.

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