Ban on snowmobiles in parks sought
WASHINGTON (AP) - Environmentalists want the government to ban snowmobiles
from national parks and consider new safety and pollution restrictions for
them everywhere else, saying the increasingly popular machines are a
nuisance. "Our national parks were not created in order to serve as
national playgrounds, available for any and all uses," a coalition of
groups known as the Bluewater Network says in a petition being filed today
with the National Park Service. There are plenty of places outside the
national parks where snowmobilers can "pollute the air, disturb the flora
and fauna, and disrupt peaceful contemplation" of nature, the petition
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