ANYONE WITH INFORMATION... IS ASKED TO CONTACT VERMONT STATE POLICE. HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN OUR REGION... SPEAKING OUT AGAINST THE CONTROVERSIAL "WILLOW PROJECT" IN ALASKA. A áMASSIVE OIL DRILLING JOB - RECENTLY APPROVED BY THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION. NBC5'S AMANDA MARTIN-RYAN IS LIVE FROM CHAMPLAIN VALLEY UNION HIGH SCHOOL - IN HINESBURG THIS AFTERNOON. AMANDA... STUDENTS THERE HAVE áSTRONG OPINIONS ABOUT THIS PROJECT. ZURI. THIS WALK-OUT HAD BEEN PLANED BY STUDENT ACTIVIST LEADERS FROM C- V-U... AND THEY'RE DETERMINED TO GET THEIR VOICES HEARD... WHETHER IT'S THROUGH THIS DEMONSTRATION OR THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA. THE DRILLING PROJECT THESE STUDENTS ARE PROTESTING AGAINST IS CALLED THE WILLOW PROJECT... EXPECTED TO HOLD UP TO 600 MILLION BARRELS OF OIL... ONCE THE PROJECT IS FINISHED... WHICH WON'T BE FOR SEVERAL YEARS FROM NOW. THE STUDENTS WHO SPOKE DURING THIS DEMONSTRATION SHARED THEIR DISAPPOINTMENT IN THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION... DEMANDING FOR THE OIL DRILLING TO STOP. <10;18;49;13-10;18;59;04: ABBY NIQUETTE/CVU JUNIOR : "WE FEEL REALLY PASSIONATELY THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE USE OUR STUDENT VOICES TO BRING AWARENESS TO OUR COMMUNITY WHEN THERE ARE BIG THINGS HAPPENING NATIONWIDE, SO THAT'S WHY WE WANTED TO DO THIS TODAY."> <10;17;20;18-10;17;29;29: ESTELLE EMMONS/CVU JUNIOR : "IT FEELS REALLY GOOD TO HAVE A STRONG GROUP READY TO TAKE ON THIS FIGHT. IT TRULY IS A FIGHT FOR OUR FUTURE AND I THINK THAT WE ALL GENUINELY CARE SO MUCH."> THOSE STUDENTS ALSO SHARING THAT SOCIAL MEDIA HAD A HUGE ROLE IN BRINGING THE WILLOW PROJECT TO THEIR ATTENTION... ALONG WITH GETTING THE WORD OUT ABOUT THE WALK- OUT TO THEIR CLASSMATES. ORGANIZERS OF THE PROTEST HERE AT C-V-U TOLD NBC5 THAT ESSEX AND RICE HIGH SCHOOLS MIGHT HAVE THEIR OWN WALKOUTS PROTESTING THE WILLOW PROJECT... NO WORD IF THAT'S EXPECT