They can take my canoe when they pry it from my cold, frozen roof rack, where it's sort of stuck due to corrosion. Turns out that road salt is not good for canoes and roof racks. Anyway, did you know that you have to license canoes in the state of Minnesota? It's true. Not only that, but according to a person in a very nice uniform that I spoke with last summer, you also have to put a bunch of stickers on your canoe showing that you registered your canoe. Mine was registered, but to be honest I thought that stickers were a hoax, so I didn't get them. Turns out that there are a lot of rules about those stickers:

License number are made at 3 "high letters spaced 2 "-3"inches make sure to apply your "MN decal" within 4 "of the license number.

Numbers must be placed on each side of the forward half of the hull (see illustration on page 6).

Remove the expired decals first, before applying the new ones.

The license number must be displayed on your boat as it appears on your license card.

Letters and numbers must be at least 3 inches high.

Letters and numbers must be of a block character.

The MN should be separated from the numbers with either a 2- to 3-inch space or a hyphen.

Letters should be separated from numbers by a 2- to 3-inch space.

Must contrast with the background. Can be either painted or attached to the craft.

Should read from left to right and must always be legible.

The current license decal must be placed toward the stern within 4 inches of the license number.

Why are the rules so specific about not just registering your canoe, but also having more stickers than a seven-year old's school locker? Why do responsible canoe-owners have to have stickers? Also, what does this have to do with the design of environmental regulations?

Another QUESTION:

Imagine that a requirement that Minnesotans wear PFDs when canoeing, effectively enforced in an amusing way by state employees, would prevent 25 accidental drownings each year.Approximately what value would be attached to these lives saved, based on the material presented in class? Please explain your answer briefly and don't just give me a number with no explanation or you'll be cursed to never catch another walleye again, and get no points for this question.

Why might it matter, or not matter, how old those 25 Minnesotans who don't drown are?Please tell me why it might or might not matter, and put a bit of effort into the explanation, like if you were shoveling wet, heavy snow or paddling a canoe upstream or something