(The Associated Press circulated the following on July 17.)
HELENA, Mont. — Glacier National Park officials recommend BNSF Railway not be allowed to use explosive shells that would blast snow and keep it from sliding onto tracks along the park’s southern edge.
Glacier officials Thursday released a final environmental impact statement on avalanche control. The preferred alternative in that document calls for BNSF to build more snowsheds. Those are slanted structures that provide a roof of sorts to keep snow off the tracks.
The impact statement now goes to the Park Service’s regional director in Colorado.