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Public Comments Needed to Keep Snowmobiles Out of Yellowstone

More than two and a half years after a phaseout was supposed to have begun, snowmobiles continue to run rampant in Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks, disturbing wildlife, making park workers sick from fumes, and polluting the nation's precious natural treasures. A proposed rule from the Bush administration would let the noisy, dirty vehicles stick around, despite the fact that 80 percent of more than 360,000 public comments submitted on the matter supported a snowmobile ban in the parks. Now there's another chance to submit public comments to the National Park Service before the rule becomes final. The green-group coalition Save Our Environment has made it easy for you to have your say, so if you like your parks clean, your wildlife healthy, and your nature time peaceful, then hop to it.