YESSSSSSS!

Peggy Murdock

At 09:45 AM 5/3/00 , you wrote:
>Now it is also time to push to ban the use of Jet Skis on our national
>waterways!!!!!!
>Rex Bavousett
>
>
>>Here's a bit of good news.  Pat yourselves on the back for this one.  You
>>richly deserve it.
>>
>>Peggy Murdock
>>
>>*** Nat'l Park Service bans snowmobiles
>>WASHINGTON (AP) - The National Park Service Thursday issued a broad
>>ban on recreational use of snowmobiles at nearly all of the national
>>parks, recreational areas and monuments. The off-road vehicles have
>>had "significant adverse environmental effect" on the park system,
>>the agency said. The only exceptions to the ban were parks in Alaska
>>and the Voyageurs National Park in Minnesota, where Congress
>>specifically allowed use of snowmobiles, and in cases where the
>>vehicles are considered necessary for access to adjacent private
>>lands or inholdings, the agency said. The ban applies to 12 national
>>parks from Acadia in Maine to Sequoia and Kings Canyon in California,
>>including Yellowstone in Wyoming, where snowmobiling has been the
>>focus of intense controversy. Snowmobiling also no longer will be
>>allowed in 15 national seashores, monuments, parkways, historic
>>sites, recreational areas and scenic trails. See
>>http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2566052625-c8b ***
>>List of snowmobile ban parks, see
>>http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2566051062-233
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