Snowmobilers are rushing to Yellowstone this winter to experience what might be the second-to-last year snowmobiles are allowed in the national park. The Clinton administration in December issued a rule to ban snowmobiles in the park by the winter of 2003-04 because of concerns about air pollution, noise, and harassment of wildlife. But Rep. Jim Hansen (R-Utah), head of the House Resources Committee, has made it a top priority to repeal the ban, and the snowmobile industry has sued to prevent the new rule from taking place. President Bush and Interior Secretary Gale Norton have yet to indicate where they will come down on the issue. Care to guess?
