Watch out so you don't hit a dead cow!
[h=1]North Dakota rancher, DEQ working to recover dead cattle from Missouri River[/h][FONT="]OLIVER COUNTY, N.D. (KFYR) - The Oliver County Sheriff says approximately 25 head of cattle are dead in the Missouri River after they fell through the ice on March 3.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Oliver County Sheriff David Hillard says it is believed the cattle walked on to and fell through the ice.[/FONT]
[FONT="]The Department of Environmental Quality is working with the cattle rancher to recover all the carcasses from the river.[/FONT]
[FONT="]“We have been working with the producer and they are working toward a good solution to get what carcasses they can get removed from the river,” said Karl Rockeman, director of Division of Water Quality.
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[FONT="]Oliver County notified the Burleigh County Sheriff’s Department on Monday of the cattle floating down the river.[/FONT]
[FONT="]As of Tuesday morning, the Burleigh County Sheriff’s Department had not received any complaints or reports.[/FONT]
[FONT="]“The bigger concern is the simple question of the aesthetics of having carcasses and the nuisance conditions those can create. I don’t see any impact to the drinking water for anyone who is using the river,“ said Rockeman.[/FONT]