Clinton orders the firing of Colorado cattle guards-Fiction!

President Clinton Ordered the Firing of "Cattle Guards"-Fiction!

Summary of the eRumor
The story claims that President Clinton ordered the firing of more than half the "cattle guards" in Colorado because Colorado ranchers rejected his changes in grazing policy.
It also claims that Colorado Congress member Patricia Schroeder asked that before any were fired they should be offered retraining.

The Truth
There is no truth to this story.
It's a hoax.

A real example of the eRumor as it has appeared on the Internet:

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Cattle Guards

For those of you who have never traveled to the great West or Southwest,
cattle guards are horizontal steel rails placed at fence openings, in
dug-out places in the roads adjacent to highways (sometimes across
highways), to prevent cattle from crossing. For some reason the bovines
will not step on the guards, probably because they fear getting their feet
caught between the rails. I need to make that clear in order for everyone
to appreciate the following TRUE story.

While in office, President Clinton received a report that there were
over 100,000 cattle guards in Colorado. Because Colorado ranchers protested
his proposed changes in grazing policies, he ordered Secretary of Interior
Bruce Babbitt to fire half of the guards immediately. Before Babbitt could
respond, and presumably straighten him out, Colorado's Congress-woman Pat
Schroeder intervened with a request that before any were fired, they be
given six months of retraining. (and we PAY these people)