Rocky Mountain National Park

  Partnership Projects in Rocky Mountain National Park

• 1999 - Effect of Changing Atmospheric Deposition on the Chemistry of Lakes in National Parks in the Intermountain Region (multi-park project)


• 2002 - Occurrence of Persistent Organic Pollutants and Current-Use Pesticides in Seasonal Snowpacks, Lake Water and Lake Sediment (multi-park project)


• 2006 - Historical trends of Mercury and Trace Metal Deposition to High-Elevation Lakes


• 2007 - Assessment of Nitrogen Saturationand Episodic Acidification Status


• 2008 - Effects of Nitrogen Limitation and Biological Characteristics of High-Elevation Lakes
  
  

Publications:

Mast, M.A., W.T. Foreman, and S.V. Skaates. 2006. Organochlorine compounds and current-use pesticides in snow and lake sediment in Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado and Glacier National Park in Montana, 2002-2003. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5119.

Clow, D.W., J.O. Sickman, R.G. Striegl, D.P. Krabbenhoft, J.G. Elliott, M. Dornblaser, D.A. Roth, and D.H. Campbell. 2003. Changes in the chemistry of lakes and precipitation in high-elevation national parks in the western United States, 1985-1999. Water Resources Research, 39(6), 1171, doi: 10.1019/2002WR001533.

Clow, D.W., R.G. Striegl, L. Nanus, M.A. Mast, D.H. Campbell, and D.P. Krabbenhoft. 2002. Current status of high-elevation lake chemistry in seven national parks in the western United States. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution: Focus 2(2) 139-164. U.S. Geological Survey.

National Park Service Site: http://www.nps.gov/romo