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Article: YELLOWSTONE SNOW SPORTS FACE EXTINCTION WINTER ENTHUSIASTS FIGHT MOVE TO BAN SNOWMOBILES.(News/National/International)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
- Article date:
- September 28, 1997
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Byline: Associated Press
WEST YELLOWSTONE, Mont. -- Snowmobile enthusiasts say the settlement of a lawsuit over winter use of Yellowstone National Park appears to be a first step toward banning snow machines from touring park roads.
``The park is rolling over without a fight and giving up historic use of the park,'' said Susan Buxton, a Boise, Idaho, lawyer for winter recreationists opposed to the settlement.
She said opponents, the Blue Ribbon Coalition and Yellowstone Outdoor Recreation Solutions, would fight the draft agreement in court.
Under the agreement, the National Park Service will make a full study of the impacts of ...