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Uniting the Forces of the Research & Conservation Department
August 19, 2024
Alex Seglias
The Research & Conservation Department at the Gardens has two main branches: conservation/ecology and biodiversity. As a 2021 scientific article from scientists at the Gardens describes, floristic
Meet the Endemic Rocky Mountain Monkeyflower
December 14, 2022
Christina Alba
Last August I spent a day scrambling up steep granite outcroppings perched high above a popular hiking trail in Rocky Mountain National Park. Colleagues and I were searching for patches of Rocky
What threatens the Colorado hookless cactus?
May 19, 2009
Michelle DePrenger-Levin
What threatens Sclerocactus glaucus? Installation and maintenance of huge pipelines that move oil and gas from the well pads miles and miles to the collection facilities; roads; browsing and trampling