For over 40 years, the U.S. Forest Service has been collecting data from 35 high-altitude lakes to drive an understanding of environmental changes. The Steamboat Pilot and Aspen Times recently highlighted an ongoing synthesis led by Dr. MJ Farruggia that she presented at the U.S. Forest Service Rocky Mountain Reseach Station in Fort Collins, CO. Summit Lake, located in the Mount Blue Sky Wilderness in the Arapahoe National Forest, is among the lakes that have been sampled fo

Gabe Allen, INSTAAR communication specialist, recently wrote a piece about our research in Rocky Mountain National Park:...

We are saddling up pack mules to investigate the causes of algal blooms in remote alpine lakes. Our results will help land managers...