Saturday, March 15, 2008

Scourge of rouge snowmobilers in Yellowstone NP

The National Parks Traveler blog that follows national park issues, wrote about the scourge of illegal rouge snowmobilers in Yellowstone NP. Although the allowable number of legal snowmobiles is around 250 per day, the NPT says that there is still a continuing amount of illegal snowmobilers who storm through the park.

The picture above was taken by former National Parks Service employee Bob Paterson and shows illegal snowmobile tracks near the west entrance of Yellowstone.

Snowmobiles are loud and spew out air pollution that not only disturb the native animals but also other people trying to enjoy nature. These unenvironmental menaces go hand-in-hand with ATVs and Jet Skis as machines used by unthoughtful people who endanger animals, the environment and fellow human-beings for their own selfish pleasure.

Read the full post: Snowmobilers continue to roam illegally into Yellowstone National Park

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