 While this went on, Stone pulled the undersheriff aside and advised him that there were armed men in the woods protecting the site, including tribal members with military training, and that if the Sheriff's Department tried to forcibly remove the protestors from the site, Stone might not able to prevent gunfire.The Sheriff's Department representatives left without taking action.After federal involvement, it came out that the Ojibwe were not only concerned with the safety of the tracks but with the mining project as a whole.