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Cynthia Lummis: “Well, it has been a head-scratcher to me that we do allow controlled, managed, planned access for snowmobiles in the…”

On the recordNovember 20, 2013
Well, it has been a head-scratcher to me that we do allow controlled, managed, planned access for snowmobiles in the winter into Yellowstone, and yet during times of year when kayakers would like to use certain waters in the park, they cannot, and it is simply because of a regulation.
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Cynthia Lummis
Republican · Wyoming

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Lummis questions the inconsistency of regulations allowing snowmobiles but restricting kayakers in Yellowstone.

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