There are many tough environmental issues facing the West right now, but none may be more heated than the debate over snowmobiles and national parks. Particularly Yellowstone National Park.
According to the New York Times, by the end of last week, the Interior Department had received 360,000 comments on the matter, the most ever on any question related to the national parks. The results? Ban the machines. Eighty percent of the writers wanted snowmobiles barred from the parks, just as the Clinton administration had proposed.
However, while officials acknowledged the outcome of this survey, they proposed to do just the opposite. They not only plan to allow snowmobilers in …
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