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Round goby from the Great Lakes, United States. The species was accidentally introduced into the North American Great Lakes by way of ballast water transfer in cargo ships. First discovered in North America in the St. Clair River in 1990, the round goby is considered an invasive species with significant ecological and economic impact. [13]
The Arapaho National Recreation Area (ANRA) is a United States national recreation area located near the headwaters of the Colorado River in north central Colorado adjacent to Rocky Mountain National Park. ANRA is under the jurisdiction of the Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forest. ANRA contains five lakes in the upper Colorado River Valley: Lake ...
The Lower Colorado River Valley has unique plant communities because it is the most arid part of the desert and it has the highest temperatures, in excess of 120 °F (49 °C) during the summer. The low humidity means that most plants must have mechanisms that deal with severe water loss through evaporation.
Round Mountain National Recreation Trail; Length: 4.7 miles (7.6 km) [1] Location: 1211 US Highway 34 Loveland, Colorado 80538: Designation: National Recreation Trail
Kawuneeche Valley from Trail Ridge Road vicinity. Kawuneeche Valley, [1] [2] [3] also known as Kawuneeche [3] [4] or Coyote Valley, [3] [4] is a marshy valley of the Colorado River near its beginning. It is located on the west side of Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado. The axis of the valley runs almost directly north to south. [2]
The Indian Peaks Wilderness is a 73,931 acre wilderness area in north central Colorado managed jointly by the United States Forest Service and the National Park Service within the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and small parts of the southern section of Rocky Mountain National Park. It includes over 50 lakes, 28 trails, and numerous ...
The Colorado River Trailhead in Rocky Mountain National Park has trails that lead to the Grand Ditch and remains of Lulu City. Trails from Cameron Pass lead to the Michigan Lakes, Lake Agnes and the Nokhu Crags area. Trails in nearby Routt National Forest lead to the Never Summer Wilderness on the western and southern edges of the range.
The valley trail loops through Kawuneeche Valley [37] which contained as many as 39 mines, though less than 20 of those have archived records and archeological remains. [38] LuLu City is the site of an abandoned silver mining town of the early 1880s located along the Colorado River Trail. [6]