Home › News ›

Expansion Of Snowmobile Use In Yellowstone Rejected

Posted by: Chris Steins
Thanks to: Laura Kranz
17 December 2003 - 9:00am

A Bush administration plan to allow expand snowmobile in Yellowstone National Park is rejected.

"U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan, in a strongly worded 48-page brief, ruled that overturning the Clinton ban, which was never allowed to take effect, was "arbitrary and capricious" and ran contrary to the National Park Service's scientific analysis of the effects on air quality and wildlife... The decision to allow snowmobiles has been one of this administration's most hotly debated environmental policies and a focal point for critics who accuse it of favoring commercial interests over the protection of the country's most cherished natural landmarks."

Full Story: Expanded Snowmobile Use in Yellowstone Halted
Source: The Los Angeles Times, December 17, 2003
»
Bookmark and Share
“
Even if the report overestimates the costs by a factor of two and underestimates the tax-benefit by a similar amount, the conclusion would be pretty much the same: destination resorts cost local government and taxpayers money.
”