Rangers Link Health Woes to Snowmobiles
From Times Wire Reports
Yellowstone National Park employees who monitor thousands of snowmobiles entering the park have reported headaches, nausea, lethargy, sore throats and stinging eyes--symptoms matching those of carbon monoxide poisoning.
Ranger Bob Siebert, who oversees the entry workers and law enforcement staff, said the air is not clean along snowmobile corridors.
Such reports bolster National Park Service arguments on closing Yellowstone and most other national parks to snowmobiles.
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