Environmentalists oppose new rules that will allow snowmobile continued access to the Yellowstone National Park.
"Unless there is an intense backlash, the National Park Service has decided that it will allow the sleds continued entry into Yellowstone, even though the agency's impact studies (which are officially under wraps but have been circulating for months) conclude that 'the environmentally preferred' alternative is to ban the machines."
Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan
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