Park Service to let 318 sleds in Yellowstone per day

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK — The National Park Service will issue a Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS Friday, November 4 that ensures the park opens for motorized oversnow travel as scheduled on Thursday, December 15.

This Final EIS will be available online at http://parkplanning.nps.gov.
The National Park Service intends to issue a Record of Decision selecting only the transition year from the preferred alternative, and then publish and implement a «One-Year Rule» for the upcoming 2011-2012 winter season

These actions will allow managed motorized oversnow travel over groomed, snow-packed roads in the same manner as allowed the past two winters under a temporary plan. Under the One-Year Rule, up to 318 commercially guided, Best Available Technology (BAT snowmobiles, and up to 78 commercially guided snowcoaches a day will be allowed this winter in Yellowstone Park.

After the Record of Decision and One-Year Rule are published, the National Park Service will begin working on a Supplemental EIS, which will contain further analysis of the issues raised during the public comment period.

Some of the more than 59,000 public comments received on the Winter Use Draft EIS raised additional questions as to long-term effects and options regarding winter use in Yellowstone.

Among the subjects identified for further analysis are variable use limits, a 10:30 a.m. entry requirement, air quality and modeling assumptions, proposed Best Available Technology standards for snowcoaches, cost of avalanche hazard mitigation on Sylvan Pass, and opportunities for non-commercially guided snowmobile access.

A draft Supplemental EIS will be completed and released for public review and comment in early 2012. The National Park Service intends to have a final Supplemental EIS, a Record of Decision, and a long-term regulation in place prior to the start of the 2012-2013 winter season.
 

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This is part of the November 3, 2011 online edition of The Island Park News.

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