Colorado
Rocky Mountain National Park - photo by US National Park Service
Sawatch
Mountains- Roof of the Rockies - Bob Leverett's Mountain Meccas
March 2008
Rocky Mountain National
Park http://www.nps.gov/romo/index.htm
Rocky Mountain National Park is a living showcase of the grandeur of the Rocky Mountains. With elevations ranging from 8,000 feet in the wet, grassy valleys to 14,259 feet at the weather-ravaged top of Long's Peak. 150 lakes and 450 miles of streams are the basis of the riparian (wetland) ecosystem in the park. Lush plant life and dense wildlife are the hallmarks of these wet areas that speckle and divide other ecosystems. Forests of pine and grassy hillsides dominate the montane ecosystem in the park. These areas may be drier than riparian areas but life still abounds. Look for critters leaping or creeping from tree to tree or poking their heads from underground. As you gain elevation, you leave the montane areas and enter the subalpine ecosystem. The bent and gnarled bodies of spruce and fir trees tell the story of hard summers and harder winters near the mountain tops.
Colorado Wild Homepage http://www.coloradowild.org/
Colorado Wild's Forest Watch Campaign works to protect old growth forest, sensitive wildlife habitat, and other sensitive areas in Colorado's forested high country. We simultaneously work to steer fuels reduction efforts towards areas near homes where they are most effective. Through comprehensive monitoring, public education, and application of sound scientific principles, we work to stop ineffective fuels reduction and unfounded logging disguised as “forest health” projects. We promote sustainable forest thinning in these areas that not only protects homes, but provides quality local jobs.
Colorado Tree
Coalition's Champion Tree Registry http://www.coloradotrees.org/champions/
The Colorado Tree Coalition (CTC) Champion Tree Program maintains records of the largest trees in the state. Each year we accept nominations from rural and urban areas all over the state.
GORP - Colorado
Wilderness http://gorp.away.com/gorp/resource/us_wilderness_area/co.htm Beaver Creek, Beyers Peak, Black Ridge Canyon, Buffalo Peaks, Bull Canyon, Willow Creek and Skull Creek, Cache La Poudre, Collegiate Peaks, Comanche Peak, Cross Mountain, Diamond Breaks, Dolores River Canyon, Eagles Nest, Flat Tops, Fossil Ridge, Greenhorn Mountains, Holy Cross, Hunter-Fryingpan, Indian Peaks, Irish Canyon, La Garita,
Lizard Head, Lost Creek, Maroon Bells - Snowmass, Mount Evans, Mt. Massive, Mount Massive, Mt. Sneffels, Mt. Zirkel, Neota, Never Summer Mountains, Powderhorn, Ptarmigan Peak, Raggeds, Rawah, Sangre De Cristo, Sarvis Creek, South San Jaun, Uncompaghre, Vasquez Peak,
Weminuche, West Elk.
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