WASHINGTON - A ban on personal watercraft at the Pacific Northwest's Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area has been lifted as of today, according to a press release Thursday from the Personal Watercraft Industry Association.
Two years after the National Park Service was required by a court settlement to begin prohibiting PWC pending the results of scientific studies regarding the vessels' impact, Lake Roosevelt has completed the required environmental assessments and concluded that PWC are an appropriate boating activity for the National Recreation Area, the PWIA said.
Five additional National Park Service units already allow personal watercraft, eight units are in the final stages of the rulemaking process to re-allow the vessels, and scientific analysis on the effects of personal watercraft are currently underway at two National Seashores, according to the association.