ClydeR
04-18-2012, 11:30 AM
A mountain cabin on public lands in Colorado is filled with frozen-solid cows who wandered into the cabin but could not figure out how to exit. Park rangers are too worried about leaving ruts to get them out. But somehow they've got to get them out before the thaw.
The cabin of frozen cows illustrates that the government should not own public lands. The Ryan Budget would sell public lands to private corporations, in whose hands the lands would undoubtedly be put to more productive use than in the hands of the government.
Segin said officials are concerned about water contamination in the nearby hot springs if the cows start decomposing during the thaw.
The options: use explosives to break up the cows, burn down the cabin, or using a helicopters or trucks to haul out the carcasses.
But Segin said using helicopters is too expensive and rangers are worried about using trucks in a wilderness area, where the government bars permanent improvements and tries to preserve the natural habitat.
Carroll praised the Forest Service for trying to remove the animals while doing the least damage. He said burning down the cabin or packing out the carcasses are probably the best solutions.
"They need to use the minimal tool to get the job done. They don't want to leave the land scarred," he said.
More... (http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/frozen-cows-may-have-to-be-blasted-out-1.1301770)
Remember how everybody in New Orleans had to throw away their refrigerator after Hurricane Katrina? Well, this would smell worse.
The cabin of frozen cows illustrates that the government should not own public lands. The Ryan Budget would sell public lands to private corporations, in whose hands the lands would undoubtedly be put to more productive use than in the hands of the government.
Segin said officials are concerned about water contamination in the nearby hot springs if the cows start decomposing during the thaw.
The options: use explosives to break up the cows, burn down the cabin, or using a helicopters or trucks to haul out the carcasses.
But Segin said using helicopters is too expensive and rangers are worried about using trucks in a wilderness area, where the government bars permanent improvements and tries to preserve the natural habitat.
Carroll praised the Forest Service for trying to remove the animals while doing the least damage. He said burning down the cabin or packing out the carcasses are probably the best solutions.
"They need to use the minimal tool to get the job done. They don't want to leave the land scarred," he said.
More... (http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/frozen-cows-may-have-to-be-blasted-out-1.1301770)
Remember how everybody in New Orleans had to throw away their refrigerator after Hurricane Katrina? Well, this would smell worse.