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Snowmobilers Fire Up Another Lawsuit

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BOZEMAN, Mont. (CN) – Snowmobile drivers challenged closure of lands Montana’s Gallatin National Forest. The federal complaint is the latest in an array of lawsuits on both sides of the issue in Wyoming and Montana. Citizens for Balanced Use claims the Forest Service violated the Montana Wilderness Study Act with...
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Local snowmobilers honored for dedication to forest (MT)

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Great Falls snowmobilers Scott and Mary Herzog have been recognized by the Lewis and Clark National Forest for years of service in helping to develop and promote a safe snowmobile trail system in the forest. “Scott and Mary have worked in cooperation with the Lewis and Clark National Forest since...
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Two women injured in snowmobile crash (MT)

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Two California women were hurt Monday when the snowmobile they were riding crashed west of West Yellowstone, the Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday. The crash happened on Madison Arm Road. The driver of the snowmobile apparently lost control of the machine on a corner, the sheriff’s office said in...
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Federal judge OKs phaseout of Beaverhead snowmobile grooming

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BILLINGS (AP) — A federal judge has signed off on a plan to phase out snowmobile grooming in parts of the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest. U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy in Missoula approved a settlement that calls for grooming to end on an estimated 95 miles of trails after environmentalists sued...
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Snowmobiles Restricted In MT Wilderness Area

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BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) – A National Forest official says the agency is imposing new restrictions on snowmobiles in a wilderness area south of Bozeman in response to a recent ruling from a federal judge. Gallatin Forest Supervisor Mary Erickson says snowmobile use in the Hyalite-Porcupine-Buffalo Horn Wilderness Study Area will...
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