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JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) - A group of snowplane operators has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to lift a ban on the craft in Grand Teton National Park.
The lawsuit, filed Tuesday, said the National Park Service considered only two alternatives — allowing unrestricted use of snowplanes or banning them completely — without considering reasonable limits before deciding to bar snowplanes from Jackson Lake after the 2001-2002 winter season.
A snowplane is a small craft on runners powered by an airplane engine with a propeller; it does not leave the ground. Before officials banned snowplanes, citing their noise, about 125 people had permits to operate them on the lake.
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