/ Source: The Associated Press
THE RULING: A federal judge rules that the Clinton-era ban on snowmobiles in Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks was invalid because it did not have adequate participation from the public or the states of Montana and Wyoming.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN?: Separate federal judges have now struck down both the Clinton ban and the later Bush administration rules, which had allowed limited snowmobile use in the parks. The move is expected to leave the parks open to at least limited snowmobiling the next three winters.
WHAT'S NEXT?: New temporary rules governing snowmobile use in the parks for the next three years are expected from the National Park Service next month _ in time for the coming winter season.