![]() ![]() (Private On-site Water Treatment Systems ) Remember to set your clocks back an hour but you should probably wait until Nov. So either it’s true, or he’s just betting that it’ll never snow again deeply enough for us to ever find out the real truth.Įmail questions and suggestions to or mail them to Action Line, The Durango Herald, 1275 Main Ave., Durango, CO 81301. “These are a standard FAA specification for LED airfield lighting in climates that experience snowfall. “The new LED light fixtures specified in our upcoming runway rehabilitation project include heating elements to prevent snow accumulation,” he said. ![]() Someone, somewhere, was going to have hell to pay.Īirport Director Tony Vicari replied back quickly, assuring this is not an issue. Action Line hit “send” on the email and cringed. As good as it feels to be helpful, there’s still some sympathy pain when you point out someone’s faults. Any ideas? Has anyone looked at unintended consequences of this action? – Jess Wonderinĭear Jess: We’ve got ’em this time, eh Jess? Action Line dropped this bombshell on Durango-La Plata. I’m having visions of someone having to go down the runway (all 1.75 miles) to remove the snow after every storm. The reason? LEDs don’t create enough heat to melt off the snow, so the lights were covered, invisible. ![]() I personally sat in traffic by north City Market while an apple-picker type truck (taxpayer funded) hoisted a worker to remove snow from the stoplights. I remember when the city of Durango replaced some traffic lights with LEDs. The intriguing part was about replacing the runway lights with LEDs. Or at least I hope nobody is doing that.”ĭear Action Line: I read your column about the Durango-La Plata Airport repaving project. “At least nobody is picking up deer poop, that will naturally decompose, and leaving it in plastic bags, that will not decompose, along trails. “Deer will congregate in areas where they are being fed, and people can help get rid of deer poop in their neighborhood by making sure those food sources aren’t prevalent around their homes and attracting more deer.” If there is a problem with deer poop on the trails, it has to do with people feeding deer – whether directly or unknowingly via bird seed or such, he said. Now if people are illegally feeding deer, then the contents of their waste may be unnatural and also not decompose as quickly.” “A natural deer diet consists of all-natural forage, meaning it will decompose on its own in a more natural way than dog food that has meat products as well as preservatives that do not allow it to degrade as fast. “Deer poop is part of the natural order of the world. One of his main points was that no one should have to pick up deer dung at all. “There should be more deer poop out there than dog poop because dog owners should be picking up after their dogs,” he said. His answer was interesting, albeit noncommittal. John Livingston, Parks and Wildlife’s public information officer for the Southwest region, refused to take responsibility for picking up all the deer doo-doo. Why are you allowing deer to poop on our trails? But it is possible to contact the entity that looks after all the state’s deer, and that is Colorado Parks and Wildlife. Deer poop isn’t that fun either, but does have an advantage, which we’re about to get to.Īction Line couldn’t contact all Durango-area dog owners to see what was up with all the scattered dog poop and why so many leave it lying about. ![]() You can maybe burn it for cooking purposes, but even then it’s not very efficient. Yay for us.ĭog poop isn’t good for a whole lot. One can believe we are single-handedly supporting the plastic-bag-poop-picker-upper industry. Ergo, dog poop on the carpet.ĭurango is covered in dog poop. Dog poop mysteriously ingrained into the fine treads of my running shoes. Second off, to answer your execrable question about excrement. deer poop battle? – Kip Patrickĭear Kip: First off, my friend, let’s make clear that Action Line does not “touch on” things like dog poop – at least not before putting on gloves or using a plastic bag. But we’d love it if you could help us determine once and for all who wins in the dog poop vs. My kids really want to know, what’s more prevalent on Durango hiking and biking trails: dog poop or deer poop? Don’t get me wrong – the endless poop piles have myriad uses, including obstacle course markers, shoe decorations, counting aides and sources for contemplative exploration (does that one look more like the Virgin Mary or SpongeBob?). Are you ready to dig back into this tasty topic? We live close to the Animas River Trail and use it often. Dear Action Line: Realizing you’ve touched on “dog poop” a few times over the years, it’s been a while. ![]()
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