Logan Canyon decision upheld in Utah.(Snowmobile Report)

Powersports Business, April, 2007 by Keillor, Lynn

The Logan Canyon in Utah will remain open to snowmobile use, as the U.S. Forest Service rejected an appeal by cross-country ski organizations to close the area.

The area was opened to snowmobile use in 2006. This latest ruling took place on April 4. The area was a part of the revised 2003 forest plan in the Wasatch-Cache National Forest in the Franklin Basin/Tony Grove area.

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The revision divided 10,000 acres into nonmotorized and motorized zones that balanced competiting interests as well as environmental concerns. The non-motorized groups are weighing their next steps, which could include litigation.

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