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CHEYENNE — A federal judge in Washington, D.C., on Monday threw out plans to allow more than 500 snowmobiles a day into Yellowstone National Park, drawing sharp criticism from Wyoming’s congressional delegation and snowmobiling advocates but praise from conservationists.
The National Park Service’s plan would have allowed 540 snowmobiles to go through Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks and the John D. Rockefeller Jr. Memorial Parkway every day.
But U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan said in an order that the plan would increase air pollution, disturb wildlife and cause too much noise in the nation’s first national park.
