yellowstone national park has been described as a winter wonderland.
\n\u201cwe find that a lot of people from across the united states enjoy going into the park on snowmobiles, because … you’re out in the fresh air,\u201d said bill howell, part owner of a local snowmobile and snowcoach tour company. \u201cyou get to see things on a snowmobile. with your guide you can stop and take pictures.”
\nbut conservation groups have been seeking to ban snowmobiles here for more than a decade. even snowmobile enthusiasts now admit the machines became a problem in 1990s.
\n\u201cthe amount of machines and the amount of people going into the park skyrocketed, a lot more than i think anybody had ever predicted or thought would happen,\u2019 howell said. \u201cand as a result it probably did get a little out of hand.”
\nin this edition of this american land we take a look at efforts to create a balance between the use of snowmobiles in yellowstone and those who aim to limit motorized access to the park.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
yellowstone national park has been described as a winter wonderland. \u201cwe find that a lot of people from across the united states enjoy going into the park on snowmobiles, because … you’re out in the fresh air,\u201d said bill howell, part owner of a local snowmobile and snowcoach tour company. \u201cyou get to see things…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8578,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4895],"tags":[1105,3246,1111],"storyfest_categories":[],"class_list":["post-14434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-transportation","tag-assignment-earth","tag-snow","tag-yellowstone"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n