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  2. Colorado Rockies forests - Wikipedia

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    The Colorado Rockies forests is a temperate coniferous forest ecoregion of the United States. This ecoregion is located in the highest ranges of the Rocky Mountains , in central and western Colorado , northern New Mexico and southeastern Wyoming , and experiences a dry continental climate.

  3. Ecology of the Rocky Mountains - Wikipedia

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    The Rocky Mountains are important habitat for a great deal of wildlife, such as elk, moose, mule deer, white-tailed deer, pronghorn, mountain goat, bighorn sheep, black bear, grizzly bear, gray wolf, coyote, cougar, bobcat, Canada lynx, and wolverine. [1] North America's largest herds of moose is in the Alberta-British Columbia foothills ...

  4. Rocky Mountain elk - Wikipedia

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    The Rocky Mountain elk was reintroduced in 1913 to Colorado from Wyoming after the near extinction of the regional herds. While overhunting is a significant contributing factor, the elk's near extinction is mainly attributed to human encroachment and destruction of their natural habitats and migratory corridors.

  5. Rocky Mountain National Park - Wikipedia

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    Rocky Mountain National Park Natural History Handbook. Roberts Hinehart Publishers/Rocky Mountain Nature Association. ISBN 1-879373-80-7. Mills, Enos and John Fielder. Rocky Mountain National Park: A 100 Year Perspective (1995) Musselman, Lloyd K. (July 1971). Rocky Mountain National Park: Administrative History, 1915-1965 (Online ed.).

  6. Rocky Mountain ponderosa pine forest - Wikipedia

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    The Rocky Mountain ponderosa pine forest is a plant community at an elevation of 2,000–2,700 metres (6,600–8,900 ft) in the Rocky Mountains. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] : 89 It is an important temperate coniferous forest ecoregion , including some endemic wildlife and grass species that are only found in this ponderosa pine ( Pinus ponderosa ) habitat .

  7. Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge - Wikipedia

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    The Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge is a 15,988-acre (24.981 sq mi) National Wildlife Refuge located adjacent to Denver and Commerce City, Colorado, in the United States. It is approximately 8 miles (13 km) northeast of downtown Denver .

  8. Pinus aristata - Wikipedia

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    Pinus aristata, the Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine or Colorado bristlecone pine is a long-lived species of bristlecone pine tree native to the United States. It is found in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado and northern New Mexico, with an isolated population in the San Francisco Peaks of Arizona.

  9. Mammals of Rocky Mountain National Park - Wikipedia

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    A herd of elk on Flattop Mountain. There are 67 native species of mammals in Rocky Mountain National Park, a 265,461 acres (107,428 ha) park in Colorado. [1] Species are listed by common name, scientific name, habitat, and abundance. [2] Species which are extirpated, or locally extinct, are marked with an EX.