Eye On Boise: Thieves Create New Camping Hazard

If you see burnt stuff in a fire ring at your next campsite that looks like long, grey, ashy jumbles of burnt rope, beware. The BLM is warning of a new phenomenon that’s cropped up several times in the Boise area in recent months and is occurring on public lands throughout the region: Meth-heads steal insulated copper wire, then burn off the insulation to get the valuable metal wire to sell. But the insulation is full of dioxin and other hazardous stuff, and requires haz-mat cleanup. So don’t toast your marshmallows over it/ Betsy Russell , SR Eye On Boise. More here

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