Violet Spolarich on fighting pipelines and protecting water in her rural community by Shanai Matteson published on 2017-01-16T14:44:20Z Violet Spolarich of Palisade, Minnesota (population 167) shares her story about growing up on the Willow River and Mississippi, and her feelings about the need to protect the watershed where she lives from the encroachment of businesses that threaten the health and safety of land, water, wildlife, and people who live in her community. Genre Storytelling