SNOWMOBILE BANS AND RESTRICTIONS
Like other users of public land, snowmobilers are being
targeted by the environmental conflict industry for restriction,
regulation and eventual banishment from public lands.
In Montana we have already seen their expulsion from Yellowstone
N.P..
Although this has not yet been finalized, it is going forward.
Go to our Yellowstone
pages to learn more about the new regulations in the park.
On the Flathead in Northwest Montana, greens sued to remove
snowmobilers from their favorite winter playgrounds. In lieu of a judicial
decree, the green litigants, the snowmobilers and the Flathead Forest
management have agreed to a negotiated settlement supervised by the judge.
Even before the details
were released, the result was ballyhooed by the negotiators as a good collaborative effort that has
something for everybody. The truth is that, according to forest service
employees and the snowmobile access maps, old and new, the snowmobilers
have lost 98% of the Flathead Forest acreage in the North Fork and large
acreages in other areas of the FNF as well.
The settlement went through the NEPA process to be incorporated as
an amendment to the Flathead Forest Plan. That process is
complete. Comments have been solicited;
meetings have been held; and a decision made, all under the close
watch of federal district court Judge Malloy, a friend of the greens and
enemy of the people.
These pages will be updated as this crucial battle unfolds. Please
stay informed and get involved.
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To see the enormity of the green hatred for motorized access click
on Peter's Ridge
