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... Snowmobiling is the favorite mode of transportation by the 140,000 winter vacationers who visit Yellowstone Park annually. Snowmobiles are the central point of an ongoing debate about the causes of devastation to Yellowstone Park’s environment (Skirble). ... This ban would restrict the number of snowmobiles allowed to operate inside the park and eventually ban snowmobiling in Yellowstone Park altogether, which would prevent “irreversible damage” to the Park’s environment. ... Snowmobiling should be allowed to continue inside Yellowstone Park because snowmobile’s aren’t the only source of pollution to the park, also National Parks are for anyone and everyone, and lastly because many businesses that surround the National Park are economically dependant on snowmobilers and the tax dollars they bring with them, as their main source of income (Editorial C15)
Environmentalists from several different groups argue that snowmobiling is a “ noisy and damaging intrusion on Yellowstone’s land, air and wildlife (Skirble).” The main group of environmentalists, which call themselves the Greater Yellowstone Coalition includes: The National Parks Conservation Association, The Wilderness Society, Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club, and The Winter Wildlands Alliance. Members of The greater Yellowstone coalition are challenging several decisions by the Bush Administration in federal court. ... The coalition has proven strongly from the Bush Administrations own environmental impact study that the impact on Yellowstone Park by these snowmobiles is much more severe than originally believed. ... 5 million vehicles enter Yellowstone Park, and of this 1. ... Yellowstone officials and the NPS have endorsed the plan saying, “The process has been collaborative…we will monitor the situation and make the appropriate changes (Skirble). ... This law totally ignored the rights of every tax paying snowmobiler who had ever visited or would visit Yellowstone Park.
Approximate Word count = 1409
Approximate Pages = 5.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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