[at-l] Bush Opens Yellowstone to More Snowmobiles

[cleek@cleekhouse.com (Billie H. Cleek)]

Jim,

Could you please let us know where we could read the report?

Thanks,
Cleek
On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 08:36:40PM +0000, I received a message from Jim and/or Ginny Owen to which I felt pleasantly compelled to respond by saying:
> Or the idea that snowmobiles terrify the wildlife --- I know, that's not in
> the article.  But it's part of the image that was portrayed as part of the
> problem.  And it's false. There may be a few yahoos who go out and chase
> wildlife - and they should be shot.  But there was also a recent study that
> proved that a single person on skiis disturbed the wildlife far more than
> dozens or even hundreds of snowmobiles. The young lady who did the study was
> terribly disappointed - she expected far different results. For whatever
> it's worth, she has my respect, because she was honest enough to admit that
> her initial expectations were wrong - and because she didn't load the data
> to prove her expectations.
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