Authorities say they arrested 46 protesters while clearing a Dakota Access oil pipeline protest camp in North Dakota.
The arrests came as authorities cleared the camp Thursday, a day after a deadline the Army Corps of Engineers set for protesters to leave in anticipation of spring flooding.
Officers methodically checked buildings and arrested anyone they encountered, including a man who climbed atop a building and stayed there for more than an hour before surrendering. Authorities say a group of veterans in a tent had to be carried out. The operation took about 3 ½ hours.
As officers worked, cleanup crews began razing buildings on the square-mile piece of property on federal land.
The Dakota Access Oil Pipeline runs through Van Buren and Lee Counties in southeast Iowa.
