Recreation or Wreckreation Two stroke Controversy in
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Recreation or Wreckreation; Two-stroke Controversy in Yellowstone
The Bush administration was hit by one of its own Yellowstone snowmobiles Dec. 16, just hours before the snowmobile season was set to kick into gear. In a lawsuit filed by three environmental organizations District Judge Emmet Sullivan pulled the plug on the Bush plan to allow over 1000 recreational snowmobiles to enter the park daily this winter. Not only did the Judge Sullivan cut the number of sleds allowed, he upheld Clinton's plan of banning snowmobiles by the 2005.
Judge Sullivan labeled the Bush's plan as, "severly flawed" and "completely politically driven." Judge Sullivan, in support of his ruling, noted that he found evidence of political pressures within the Park Service and the Department of Interior. He strongly question statements made by Secretary of Interior, Gale Norton.
A 2003 study completed by the National Park Service fueled fires already burning within the Wildlife Society, National Parks Conservation Association, Greater Yellowstone Coalition, Park Service staff, and a great majority of the public. The study concluded that a continuation of snowmobile use would result in ongoing health risks for workers, visitors, and wildlife; and unrelenting engine noise, haze, and careless driving threatened Yellowstone's ecosystem...