Personal watercraft will be banned in national parks and recreation
areas by September 2002 except in special cases where the National
Park Service can prove the machines won't harm the environment,
according to a court settlement approved by a federal judge last
week.  U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler dismissed a challenge from
watercraft manufacturers to a settlement reached last December
between the Interior Department and the environmental group Bluewater
Network.  Last year, the Park Service banned personal watercraft --
gasoline-powered small vessels like jet skis that fit one or two
riders -- from two-thirds of national parks.  The settlement came
about after the enviro group sued to extend the ban to all parks.

straight to the source:  Detroit News, Associated Press, John
Heilprin, 13 Apr 2001
<http://www.detnews.com/2001/metro/0104/14/-212031.htm>

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