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Posted by John (75.174.57.224) on 13:47:06 07/21/08
National Park Service
U.S. Department of the Interior
Intermountain Region
Regional Director s Office
12795 W. Alameda Pkwy.
P.O. Box 25287
Denver, Colorado 80225
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 21, 2008
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INTERMOUNTAIN REGION NEWS RELEASE
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Contacts:
Rick Frost, National Park Service Intermountain Region (970) 586-1202
Al Nash, Yellowstone National Park (307) 344-2015
AMENDED RECORD OF DECISION ON WINTER USE IN YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK ~ Amended decision addresses management of Sylvan P@ss
An amended Record of Decision addressing a long-term plan to guide management of winter use over Sylvan P@ss in Yellowstone National Park has been signed by Mike Snyder, Director of the Intermountain Region of the National Park Service (NPS).
A November 2007 Record of Decision on winter use in Yellowstone called for the NPS to work with the State of Wyoming, Park County, Wyoming and the City of Cody to explore reasonable avalanche and access mitigation safety measures, which would provide continued snowmobile and snowcoach travel on the park's East Entrance road over Sylvan P@ss.The members of this Sylvan P@ss Study Group met several times and discussed safety and access concerns.
In June, the Sylvan P@ss Study Group recommended the continued use of a combination of avalanche mitigation techniques to provide for a safe, predictable, limited, core motorized oversnow travel season over Sylvan P@ss. The study group agreed the safety of visitors, guides, and NPS employees, was the first priority in avalanche mitigation. They collectively agreed to explore funding of access and safety improvements, and they remain committed to consistent, ongoing communication about these winter operations. The amended record of decision takes into account these recommendations.
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