Biography
Michael Foster is an environmental activist and Valve Turner. He was convicted in October 2017 of conspiracy to commit criminal mischief, criminal mischief and criminal trespass following the October 11, 2016 Shut It Down protest at a TransCanada Keystone pipeline valve site in Pembina County, North Dakota. On February 6, 2018, he was sentenced to three years, with two years suspended and served on supervised probation. He was released early on August 1, 2018.
The November 2017 report identifies Foster as a former mental-health counselor who taught schoolchildren about trees.
