Yellowstone Gets New Snowmobiling Limit (not a ban) - AP

Source: Associated Press

Yellowstone Gets New Snowmobiling Limit

Wednesday November 21, 2007 4:46 AM

By BEN NEARY

Associated Press Writer

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - Snowmobile travel in
Yellowstone National Park will be restricted to 540
trips per day starting in the winter of 2008-09, the
National Park Service decided Tuesday.

Conservationists had wanted a ban on snowmobiling
in the park, saying it causes noise and air pollution.
In a recent letter, 86 members of Congress - none
from states surrounding Yellowstone - asked the
National Park Service to phase out snowmobiles due
to pollution concerns.

Snowmobiling enthusiasts and some local business
owners had wanted the daily limit increased, saying
the activity brought income to local economies.

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Bill Wade of the Coalition of National Park Service
Retirees said the decision ignored science and was
not good for the park, the park system and the
American people.

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