1.   In November, the park service proposed a permanent snowmobile ban in the core of Denali National Park in Alaska.

2.   Alaska is likely to be excluded from a snowmobile ban because parks in that state are governed by different regulations.

3.   Babbitt wrote that a draft rule on a snowmobile ban had not yet been completed.

4.   But Alaska is likely to be excluded from a snowmobile ban because parks in that state are governed by a different set of regulations.

5.   The Bush administration announced recently that it will re-examine the snowmobile ban in Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks.

6.   The snowmobile ban is one of a series of moves by federal land management agencies to restrict motorized traffic in national parks.

7.   The snowmobile ban is one of a flurry of policies the Clinton administration has proposed this year limiting access to national forests and parks and other public lands.