- Signatures: 9,496
- Goal: 10,000
- Deadline: 4-20-2005
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Snowmobiles cause air and noise pollution, disrupt wildlife, and make park rangers sick from exhaust. Under President Clinton, the National Park Service (NPS) banned the use of snowmobiles in Yellowstone National Park due to their impact on the environment and human health. This decision was based on over a decade of scientific study, and hundreds of thousands of public comments received in support of the ban.
So why is the Bush administration actively seeking to reopen Yellowstone to snowmobiles? The administration not only overturned the original ban on these vehicles in Yellowstone, but also appealed a court ruling that reinstated the ban. The federal judge in that case called the administration's policy "completely politically driven" at the expense of sound science.
And now, an internal report prepared by Yellowstone staff shows that four-stroke snowmobiles emit enough noise to cause hearing damage. The Bush administration is championing four-stroke snowmobiles in its ongoing attempt to reverse the snowmobile ban.
The Bush administration needs to be honest with the public about conditions in America's national parks. We call on President Bush and Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton to release to the public all information on the health and environmental impacts of snowmobiles, and to uphold the original ban on these vehicles in Yellowstone National Park.
So why is the Bush administration actively seeking to reopen Yellowstone to snowmobiles? The administration not only overturned the original ban on these vehicles in Yellowstone, but also appealed a court ruling that reinstated the ban. The federal judge in that case called the administration's policy "completely politically driven" at the expense of sound science.
And now, an internal report prepared by Yellowstone staff shows that four-stroke snowmobiles emit enough noise to cause hearing damage. The Bush administration is championing four-stroke snowmobiles in its ongoing attempt to reverse the snowmobile ban.
The Bush administration needs to be honest with the public about conditions in America's national parks. We call on President Bush and Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton to release to the public all information on the health and environmental impacts of snowmobiles, and to uphold the original ban on these vehicles in Yellowstone National Park.
| Number | Date | Prefix | Name | State | Country | Your comments for President Bush and Secretary Norton |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9,507 | 8:47 am PDT, May 10 | Jonathan Schneider | Michigan | United States | What a great way to help further trash the environment, put the nation deeper in debt to foreign oil "providers", exhaust the resources that might be crucial to Jenna's and Barbs generation and to shout to the rest of the world that Americans must and always will "live large" and "go for the gusto". Let's insist that if WE are not free to travel ,ever faster and ever louder and ever more frivolously, over land and water, through and even above the air (as space tourists, dont you know!), WE are NOT free! Let's remember that untold numbers of American patriots fought and died for these rights which the treehuggers so want to take away from the treebuggerers! | |
| 9,506 | 9:34 am PST, Jan 23 | Renee Crawford | Wyoming | United States | Snowmobiles do not belong in the National Parks. They are noisy, smelly and use fuel resources in a reckless manner. | |
| 9,505 | 5:21 pm PDT, Jul 15 | ana Paula | Brazil | morte ão puto do bush | ||
| 9,504 | 9:24 pm PDT, Jun 16 | Laurel Burns | Maine | United States | ||
| 9,503 | 11:00 am PDT, Jun 15 | Mr. | Timothy McGiffin | Ohio | United States | |
| 9,502 | 10:50 am PDT, May 23 | Antoinette McGetrick | Arizona | United States | ||
| 9,501 | 7:37 am PDT, May 23 | Anonymous | Ohio | United States | ||
| 9,500 | 6:28 pm PDT, May 22 | Mrs. | Jennifer Buscema | New York | United States | |
| 9,499 | 4:48 pm PDT, May 22 | Gail McGlone | Florida | United States | ||
| 9,498 | 9:37 am PDT, May 22 | megan Bradley | Washington | United States | ||
| 9,497 | 7:25 am PDT, May 22 | Christopher Johnson | Virginia | United States | ||
| 9,496 | 12:09 am PDT, May 22 | Ms. | kim trachtenberg | New Jersey | United States | Please if you want to do something in office that will make an impact please stop snowmobiles in yellowstone. When will your wakeup call to do something with the earth be heard? the higher power for you will be coming soon and when that comes george, who will fight for you? |
| 9,495 | 10:00 pm PDT, May 21 | Nicole Jackson | Maryland | United States | ||
| 9,494 | 7:57 pm PDT, May 21 | Anonymous | Kansas | United States | Why? | |
| 9,493 | 7:08 pm PDT, May 21 | Carol Allyn | California | United States | ||
| 9,492 | 5:44 pm PDT, May 21 | Walt Howard | North Carolina | United States | ||
| 9,491 | 2:02 pm PDT, May 21 | Raymond Linnastruth | California | United States | ||
| 9,490 | 2:04 pm PDT, May 20 | Nissa Guest | California | United States | ||
| 9,488 | 8:36 pm PDT, May 19 | Lindsey Pappas | California | United States | If Clinton discussed this issue with others who really knew what they were talking about and used scientific evidence to support their decision to stop using snowmobiles in Yellowstone, I think that means something. | |
| 9,487 | 11:15 am PDT, May 19 | Spencer Hamilton | Michigan | United States | ||
| 9,486 | 6:22 am PDT, May 19 | Tara Elwell | California | United States | ||
| 9,485 | 1:26 pm PDT, May 18 | Charlene Nicholson | Kentucky | United States | ||
| 9,484 | 9:33 am PDT, May 18 | Ryvre Song | Texas | United States | ||
| 9,483 | 6:24 am PDT, May 18 | Jennifer Reed | New Jersey | United States | ||
| 9,482 | 11:33 pm PDT, May 17 | Summer Griffin | California | United States | ||
| 9,481 | 3:39 pm PDT, May 17 | jodi carbone | Florida | United States | ATVs are not allowed in state parks,state forests etc. here in Florida. Why would you consider doing that in other states? There are plenty of resorts in that area that welcome those vehicles. They are disruptive and will do NOTHING to enhance Yellowstone. | |
| 9,480 | 1:31 pm PDT, May 17 | Mrs. | Michelle Portilla | North Carolina | United States | |
| 9,479 | 10:31 am PDT, May 17 | Kelly Peacock | New York | United States | ||
| 9,478 | 6:32 am PDT, May 17 | Sandy Zisser | New York | United States | ||
| 9,477 | 2:27 am PDT, May 17 | Emmi Ollila | Finland | |||
| 9,476 | 12:43 pm PDT, May 16 | Anonymous | California | United States | ||
| 9,475 | 8:04 am PDT, May 16 | Brian Cave | Georgia | United States | ||
| 9,474 | 12:21 pm PDT, May 14 | Ms. | Mimi Steddom | Texas | United States | |
| 9,473 | 4:43 am PDT, May 14 | Mrs. | Jade Topp | Pennsylvania | United States | WE THE PEOPLE ... have a right to leave a better future for our progeny. Stop the thoughts of allowing four stroke snowmobiles in Yellowstone National Park. This is a National Treasure and should be maintained as such. Lets keep what we have left that is Natural, Natural and stop hurting ... NO KILLING Mother Nature and all of her inhabitants. |
| 9,472 | 12:16 am PDT, May 14 | Sasa Lowrey | Alaska | United States | ||
| 9,471 | 9:07 pm PDT, May 13 | Nicole Dorer | Maryland | United States | ||
| 9,470 | 9:30 pm PDT, May 12 | Cheryse Wellman | Florida | United States | ||
| 9,469 | 8:18 pm PDT, May 12 | Mrs. | linda m toma | California | United States | Someday our children and future generations will have to place to learn about their national parks and their histories.They will be stuck with skyscrapers and dull over-populated cities and no place to understand the beauties of natures. PLEASE SAVE YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK AND COME CLEANING ABOUT SNOWMOBILES! |
| 9,468 | 9:22 am PDT, May 12 | Mrs. | Joanne Ambrose-Donovan | United Kingdom | ||
| 9,467 | 4:22 am PDT, May 12 | Brian Huffman | Indiana | United States | ||
| 9,466 | 7:27 pm PDT, May 11 | Henry G. Sansone | Utah | United States | ||
| 9,465 | 7:25 pm PDT, May 11 | Kathleen A. Sansone | Utah | United States | ||
| 9,464 | 2:28 pm PDT, May 11 | Kali Harrington | Iowa | United States | Yellowstone Park is a national treasure. Please start considering interests other than your own and protect our environment for those of us who do care! | |
| 9,463 | 9:35 am PDT, May 11 | Janet Range | Oregon | United States | ||
| 9,462 | 9:24 am PDT, May 11 | catherine knott | Maine | United States | ||
| 9,461 | 11:44 pm PDT, May 10 | Molly Lang | Missouri | United States | ||
| 9,460 | 9:51 pm PDT, May 10 | Ms. | Sarah Eubank | Virginia | United States | |
| 9,459 | 7:52 am PDT, May 10 | Liza Kovac | Canada | |||
| 9,458 | 7:22 am PDT, May 10 | Sarah Whitehead | Texas | United States | ||
| 9,457 | 4:35 pm PDT, May 9 | Shannon Redwood Boglamenta | Arizona | United States | ||
| 9,456 | 2:54 pm PDT, May 9 | Michael Trueblood | Arizona | United States | ||
| 9,455 | 1:41 pm PDT, May 9 | Anonymous | Wisconsin | United States | ||
| 9,454 | 12:26 pm PDT, May 9 | Mr. | john wade | Alabama | United States | |
| 9,453 | 5:03 pm PDT, May 8 | Anonymous | California | United States | This is the lesat of Bush's problems. I don't think he should be focusing on this. Especially when the results will be negative, and it is making things worse. Not only is this a bad way to prioritize, but it's bad in general. STOP THIS NOW! | |
| 9,452 | 9:29 am PDT, May 8 | Mrs. | Kathy Poythress | North Carolina | United States | you would want those things running though your yard, would you? |
| 9,451 | 7:08 am PDT, May 8 | Ms. | Erin A Mitchell | Nebraska | United States | We need to stop "plowing over" the wildlife on our planet before there is nothing left! |
Bush: Come Clean About Snowmobiles in Yellowstone
Dear President Bush and Secretary Norton:
I am writing to urge you to be honest with the American public about the health and environmental impacts of snowmobile use in National Parks, and to uphold the original ban on snowmobiles in Yellowstone National Park.
I am concerned about a recent internal report prepared by Yellowstone staff that shows that four-stroke snowmobiles emit enough noise to cause hearing damage. This new evidence of snowmobile’s negative impacts on human health, combined with the decades of scientific studies that led to the original ban on snowmobiles under President Clinton, should be more than enough proof that this ban is in the best interest of park employees, visitors, and wildlife.
Please release to the public all information on the health and environmental impacts of snowmobiles, and uphold the original ban on snowmobiles in Yellowstone National Park.
Thank you,
I am writing to urge you to be honest with the American public about the health and environmental impacts of snowmobile use in National Parks, and to uphold the original ban on snowmobiles in Yellowstone National Park.
I am concerned about a recent internal report prepared by Yellowstone staff that shows that four-stroke snowmobiles emit enough noise to cause hearing damage. This new evidence of snowmobile’s negative impacts on human health, combined with the decades of scientific studies that led to the original ban on snowmobiles under President Clinton, should be more than enough proof that this ban is in the best interest of park employees, visitors, and wildlife.
Please release to the public all information on the health and environmental impacts of snowmobiles, and uphold the original ban on snowmobiles in Yellowstone National Park.
Thank you,
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