In this episode, recorded on location, we’ll discover a side to Rocky Mountain National

Park that most people don’t even know exists. Beyond the beautiful mountains and

trails, the park is a Living Laboratory of science with about 100 scientific projects

happening at any one time. Some of the most cutting-edge ecology, biology and

conservation in the world is being done right here.

Rocky Mountain National Park may feel isolated from the cities and industry of the

plains, but it’s not. It’s part of inter-connected system in which every piece is dependent

on one another. And to understand how that works, and why that’s important, we’re

going to hike up to more than 10,000-feet to one of the most remote research stations in

the country to find out about an experiment that has been going on in the park for more

than 38-years. It’s one of the longest running ecological research studies in the world

and it’s changing the way we understand the park, the plains and even our own

relationship to the wild places we love.

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IMMERSION: Exploring Rocky Mountain National Park’s Living Lab