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Enviro Groups Sue to Keep Jet Skis Out of Our National Parks

The decisions to re-open Gulf Islands and Pictured Rocks to jet skis appear to be based on politics, not sound science, said Danielle Fugere of Friends of the Earth. Eight years ago, the Park Service concluded that jet skis are dangerous and cause environmental harm, yet, without any new evidence, the Park Service changed course to allow jet skis back into these sensitive parks." - excerpt appeared in this Friends of the Earth press release.

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