DIA Works To Keep Wildlife Off Tarmac

DENVER (CBS4)- Denver International Airport works with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to keep wildlife from running onto the tarmac.

DIA has 17 large mowers to cut vegetation across the 53-square mile property.

Airport officials say they also installed channels to improve water drainage and also removed cattails near taxiways and runways.

The clarification of DIA's efforts comes after a coyote stopped all traffic at the Burbank Airport when it ran across the runway.

Despite officers chasing the coyote, it got away and ran off through a parking lot and into a wooded area.