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Elk & Vegetation Management Plan

December 2007 Newsletter (428K pdf)

Table of Contents (109K pdf)

Executive Summary (6.2M pdf)

  1. Purpose and Need for Action (1.2M pdf)
  2. Alternatives (429K pdf)
  3. Affected Environment (1.75M pdf)
  4. Environmental Consequences (929K pdf)
  5. Consultation and Coordination (102K pdf)

References, Glossary of Terms, Index and Appendices (5.7M pdf)

Volume Two

Letters (9.8M pdf)
Response to Comments (6.5M pdf)

If you are unable to download the printable version above and still would like to receive a copy of the Elk and Vegetation Management Plan and/or the Executive Summary contact the Rocky Mountain National Park Information Office at 970-586-1206 daily 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. (MST).

A limited number of paper copies are available but we would be happy to provide you with a compact disc.

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a photo of treeline in Rocky Mountain National Park

If the current amount of total nitrogen deposition measured at the high-elevation monitoring site in Rocky Mountain National Park (3 kg/ha/yr) was the same throughout the park, the amount of airborne nitrogen entering the park would be equivalent to 35,500 twenty-pound bags of fertilizer. More...