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Cleaning up bighorn habitat - Old telegraph wire can ensnare, kill mountain sheep
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As the poles fell, the wire ended up on the ground or draped across whatever was nearby, including cliff faces north of Rockwood, becoming a snare for bighorn sheep, historic residents of the canyon.
When bighorn become entangled in the 3/16-inch line and can’t free themselves, it’s not a pretty end.
“They’re strangled or they starve,” said Evan Buchanan, vice president of operations for the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad. “It’s not a good death.”
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Chris Webster