- State: CO
- NPCA Region: Southwest
- Est. Date: 1915
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Rocky Mountain National park offers breathtaking views of the spectacular Rocky Mountain range, with 60 peaks over 12,000 feet, small permanent glaciers, lakes, waterfalls, and historic and cultural treasures including ancient trails, game drives, cattle ranches and lodges. This park’s rugged landscapes harbor hundreds of high-elevation plant and animal species — some that are increasingly rare outside the park or are found nowhere else. Some of the park’s human-made structures speak to the boom-and-bust cycles and neverending search for adequate water supplies that characterized the nation’s westward expansion.
Greetings from Rocky Mountain National Park
Moose reading the "No Pets Beyond This Point" sign at Lilly Lake, CO on August 14, 2015.
More about Rocky Mountain
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they are the only special places in the United States where the natural resources are truly protected. — Claire
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Read more about Spoiled Parks: Top 12 National Parks Threatened by Trump Administration's Energy Agenda
Press Release Spoiled Parks: Top 12 National Parks Threatened by Trump Administration's Energy Agenda Spoiled Parks explores how current leasing policies have scarred landscapes and threaten future harm to clean air, cultural heritage, wildlife and tourism economies.
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Read more about Celebrate Colorado!
Blog Post Celebrate Colorado! 5 reasons my state’s national parks should be on your bucket list — and how NPCA works to protect them.
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Read more about BLM Hits Pause on Leasing Nearly 150,000 Acres for Oil and Gas Development
Press Release BLM Hits Pause on Leasing Nearly 150,000 Acres for Oil and Gas Development The temporary lease deferrals in Colorado were a result of federal court orders but reflect a commonsense need to provide the public time to consider oil and gas leasing proposals on public lands.
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Read more about The 17 Parks Where Entrance Fees Could Skyrocket — and What You Can Do
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Read more about Esther of the Rockies
Magazine Article Esther of the Rockies She left the corporate world to homestead in the mountains and became the Park Service's first female nature guide.
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Read more about Why I Am Joining This Weekend’s Climate March
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Read more about Center for State of the Parks: Rocky Mountain National Park
Report Center for State of the Parks: Rocky Mountain National Park As is true of most national parks, Rocky Mountain faces pressures that threaten to diminish its splendor and importance to posterity.
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