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How Front Range cow waste and car exhaust are hurting Rocky Mountain National Park’s ecosystem

Pollution wafting up from lower elevations threatens to spoil beloved national park’s pristine beauty

Chasm Lake sits 2,500 feet below the dramatic summit of Longs Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park at an elevation of 11,800 feet. The upper 900 feet of Longs' east face is sheer vertical granite. The lake is enclosed on three sides by steep rock walls, making it one of the most spectacular alpine cirques in Colorado. (John Meyer, The Denver Post)
Chasm Lake sits 2,500 feet below the dramatic summit of Longs Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park at an elevation of 11,800 feet. The upper 900 feet of Longs’ east face is sheer vertical granite. The lake is enclosed on three sides by steep rock walls, making it one of the most spectacular alpine cirques in Colorado. (John Meyer, The Denver Post)
Noelle Phillips of The Denver Post.
By | nphillips@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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If the contamination worsens, wildflowers could disappear and algae could bloom in alpine lakes, changing the waters’ look and endangering fish, scientists told The Denver Post.
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