Outline Of Pollution in the Backcountry
1. Bush over turns Clintons plans to ban snowmobiles in Yellowstone National Park. (pro)
a. Yellowstone will continue to be polluted and degraded. (con)
2. Business, Industry and environment.
a. Two opinions presented by each side
3. Identifying problems with the over turning of the Clinton administration ban.
4. Identifying problems with the pollution in off road vehicles.
5. Identifying propaganda techniques used by either side.
6. How credible is each side of the debate?
a. What are the credentials for each side?
7. Which side impressed me as being the most empirical in presenting their case?
8. Are there any reasons to believe the writers are biased?
9. With which side of this debate do I personally agree with?
Pollution In The Backcountry
As the population grows in this country we are developing and expanding area's that have never seen the population like we are seeing these days. There are almost 1200 people who live in the small community of West Yellowstone that thrives on tourism. There is good turnout in the summer and in the winter snowmobiling keeps the small town going. Over the past five years the Government and multiple environmental agencies have tried to shut down snowmobiles in the National Park for pollution reasons. How would this affect the environment? How would this affect the local industry? I will go through each side of this debate that has been taking place.
On July 18, 2004 the House of representative voted not to ban snowmobiles from the Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Park area's. "Since 1996 the government has completed three major official assessments of snowmobiles' impact on the Parks in winter" (The New York ...
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... environmentally safe. Second I think it is important to keep our national parks open to the people but this has shown the need to protect them to a point so our children and grandchildren can enjoy these National Parks in the future. Third, It is nice to see that the case studies go on. Without this research we would not have a direction to go although expensive, I think it is well worth it. The research needs to be compiled correctly by professionals and have no bias or slanted opinions contaminate the overall conclusion to the study.
The New York Times Sept 17, 2002
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