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ADVISORY/National Snowmobile Ban to be Reviewed At Senate Field Hearing in Grand Rapids, Minn.


News & Assignment Editors

ADVISORY...for Friday (July 7)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

International Snowmobile Manufacturers Association:

WHAT: A U.S. Senate Field Hearing on forestry issues, including

recreational vehicle access to public lands. The hearing is

expected to include discussion of the federal government's

recent ban on snowmobiles in national parks This is a list of national parks ordered by nation. Africa
See also:
  • Algeria
  • Botswana
  • Chad
  • Ethiopia
  • Gabon
  • Kenya
  • Madagascar
  • Morocco
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
.

WHO: The Field Hearing will be chaired by Sen. Craig (R-ID). Sen.

Wellstone (D-MN), Sen. Grams (R-MN), Rep. Oberstar (D-MN) and

Rep. Peterson (D-MN) also will attend the hearing.

Bob Linn linn  
n. Scots
1. A waterfall.

2. A steep ravine.



[Scottish Gaelic linne, pool, waterfall.]
, president of the Minnesota United Snowmobilers

Association will testify at the hearing and snowmobilers from

across Minnesota will be on hand to voice their concerns

regarding access to public lands.

WHY: In May, the National Park Service announced a ban on

snowmobiles in most national parks. The move sparked

controversy because snowmobilers have been allowed in national

parks for more than 30 years and are limited to using the same

paved roads that millions of cars, trucks and RVs use during

the summertime.

WHEN: Friday, July 7, 2000

10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

WHERE: Myles Reif Performing Arts Center A performing arts center, often abbreviated PAC, is a multi-use performance space that can be adapted for use by various types of the performing arts, including dance, music and theatre.  

720 Conifer conifer (kŏn`ĭfûr) [Lat.,=cone-bearing], tree or shrub of the order Coniferales, e.g., the pine, monkey-puzzle tree, cypress, and sequoia. Most conifers bear cones and most are evergreens, though a few, such as the larch, are deciduous.  Drive

Grand Rapids Grand Rapids, city (1990 pop. 189,126), seat of Kent co., SW central Mich., on the Grand River; inc. 1850. The second largest city in the state, it is a distribution, wholesale, and industrial center for an area that yields fruit, dairy products, farm produce, , Minn.
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