In an 88-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler banned personal watercraft (i.e. Jet Skis) from and , according to . Motorized recreation in U.S. national parks long has been acontroversial topic鈥攎ost recently concerning snowmobiles in Yellowstone鈥攚ith groups that back snowmobiles, personalwatercraft, all-terrain and off-road vehicles maintaining they have aright to head to ride in the parks. Manyconservation groups, however, point to these uses as inappropriatebecause of their noise and pollution and the resource damage they caninflict.
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–Stayton Bonner