Contacts
Jack Welch, Special Projects Consultant, BlueRibbon Coalition
- Phone: (303) 279-8436 or Cell (303) 324-7185
- Fax: (303) 279-8214
- Email: brjack_w@sharetrails.org
- Webpage: http://www.sharetrails.org/staff/#JackW
Date: 11/05/2008
POCATELLO, ID (November 5) -- On Monday, November 3rd, the Environmental Assessment (EA) on continued winter motorized access to Yellowstone and Grand Teton Parks was released for public review and comment. First announced on October 2nd, it is this EA process that will determine options that would authorize over-snow access--including snowmobiles--to Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks for the next three winters. This EA can be reviewed at http://parkplanning.nps.gov. The comment period will only be fifteen days.
The BlueRibbon Coalition (BRC) is reviewing the draft EA and its preferred alternative of only 318 snowmobiles allowed in the Yellowstone Park per day. BRC plans to provide comments on the EA and recommendations for comments to meet the deadline of November 17, 2008. Please note the goal of the National Park Service is to have a final implementing rule from the EA in effect prior to the scheduled Park opening on December 15, 2008.
After reviewing the 255 page EA, Jack Welch, BRC Special Projects Consultant, stated, "I am pleased that the Park Service is offering a solution for the challenges presented by the upcoming season. BlueRibbon remains committed to a long-term solution that will allow for reasonable snowmobile access to Yellowstone in the winter."
Welch continued, "Remember, in the last forty years, the Park has opened its gates to snowmobiles every season. I am sure Yellowstone will open its gates this season too. The main question is at what level snowmobiles will be allowed to access Yellowstone and Grand Teton Parks this season. The EA process is one of the important steps in that determination."
For further updates on access to Yellowstone this winter, please visit and bookmark our dedicated Yellowstone website: www.saveyellowstonepark.com.
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The BlueRibbon Coalition is a national recreation group that champions responsible recreation, and encourages individual environmental stewardship. It represents over 10,000 individual members and 1,200 organization and business members, for a combined total of over 600,000 recreationists nationwide. 1-800-258-3742. www.sharetrails.org
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Jack Welch, Special Projects Consultant, BlueRibbon Coalition
- Phone: (303) 279-8436 or Cell (303) 324-7185
- Fax: (303) 279-8214
- Email: brjack_w@sharetrails.org
- Webpage: http://www.sharetrails.org/staff/#JackW
Date: 11/05/2008
POCATELLO, ID (November 5) -- On Monday, November 3rd, the Environmental Assessment (EA) on continued winter motorized access to Yellowstone and Grand Teton Parks was released for public review and comment. First announced on October 2nd, it is this EA process that will determine options that would authorize over-snow access--including snowmobiles--to Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks for the next three winters. This EA can be reviewed at http://parkplanning.nps.gov. The comment period will only be fifteen days.
The BlueRibbon Coalition (BRC) is reviewing the draft EA and its preferred alternative of only 318 snowmobiles allowed in the Yellowstone Park per day. BRC plans to provide comments on the EA and recommendations for comments to meet the deadline of November 17, 2008. Please note the goal of the National Park Service is to have a final implementing rule from the EA in effect prior to the scheduled Park opening on December 15, 2008.
After reviewing the 255 page EA, Jack Welch, BRC Special Projects Consultant, stated, "I am pleased that the Park Service is offering a solution for the challenges presented by the upcoming season. BlueRibbon remains committed to a long-term solution that will allow for reasonable snowmobile access to Yellowstone in the winter."
Welch continued, "Remember, in the last forty years, the Park has opened its gates to snowmobiles every season. I am sure Yellowstone will open its gates this season too. The main question is at what level snowmobiles will be allowed to access Yellowstone and Grand Teton Parks this season. The EA process is one of the important steps in that determination."
For further updates on access to Yellowstone this winter, please visit and bookmark our dedicated Yellowstone website: www.saveyellowstonepark.com.
# # #
The BlueRibbon Coalition is a national recreation group that champions responsible recreation, and encourages individual environmental stewardship. It represents over 10,000 individual members and 1,200 organization and business members, for a combined total of over 600,000 recreationists nationwide. 1-800-258-3742. www.sharetrails.org
Link