Skiers Heading to Court to Limit Snowmobilers
By Rocky Thompson on November 19th, 2012
On Wednesday backcountry skiers will head to court in Boise, Idaho to ask a federal judge to tell the U.S. Forest Service that it must initiate a plan to limit where snowmobiles can go on public land. Since 2005, the Forest Service has limited where motorized wheeled vehicles can go, but snowmobiles have always been exempt. The Winter Wildland Alliance has brought the lawsuit, and it could be the beginning of a major policy shift in snowmobile backcountry access.
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