. >> this area is just too important to the american people to sell it to exxonmobil or conoco phillips or ge or anybody else who wants to trans form this route into an industrial route to the tar sands. >> the couple began organizing legal action to stop the mega loads. meanwhile, a worry that mega loads would harm the habitat of salmon that swarm in the clear water got the nez pers tribe involved. aaron penny runs the fitch hatchery >> the river system here has been our life blood for thousands and thousands of years. my worry about the megaloads is that it is the tip of the iceberg of leading to something bigger and possibly more dangerous to the environment. >> in august, hundreds of ne nez pers blocked the inside of the reservation. this cell phone video was recorded by one of the demonstrators. over several nights of peaceful protest, dozens were arrested. alisha oatman, a nez pers mother of two was one of them >> picked up by two state police officers, man handled. i was bruised severely. my arms were hurt. >> ge's equipment passed through. but to date, that was the last mega load to r

this land is too important to the american people to sell it to exxon mobile or conoco phillips or geho wants to transform it into an industrial route to the tar sands. a worry that mega loads would harm the habitat tha of salmo. >> the river system here has been our life blood for thousands and thousands of years. my workr worry about the mega ls the tip of the iceberg leading to something bigger and possibly more dangerous to the environment. >> in august hundreds of nez first blocked the highway inside of the reservation halting a general electric mega load. this cell phone scri video was recorded by one of the protestors. dozens were arrested. alicia a mother of two was one of them. >> those picked up by two state police officers man handled and i was bruised severely. my arms were hurt. >> ge's equipment passed through. but to date that was the last mega load to roll down highway 12. on thursday a federal judge reaffirmed san order barring any memega load from traveling on ts highway until further environmental and cultural and social impact studies are completed a ge spokesman c