No Glacier Bombs

The National Park Service has thought it over and decided that, no, lobbying artillery shells into Glacier National Park isn't a good idea. The Washington Post reports that the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway had sought to lob shells into the park as a means of avalanche control. The Park Service decided that while that technique would work, it wouldn't be consistent with "park values." The agency wants the railroad to build snow sheds to shelter train tracks at key points instead.