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Niwot Ridge

Overview

General Description

Conservation Activities

Location: 40°00'N; 105°30'W

Elevation: 2,866 - 3,780 m above sea level


	Contact address	William D. Bowman Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Director, Mountain Research Station, INSTAAR Mountain Research Station 818 Country Road 116 Nederland, Colorado 80466 United States of America
	Telephone	(1)(303) 492-2557
	Fax	(1)(303) 492-8699
	email	bowman@spot.colorado.edu

Text Box: Administrative authorities
Mountain Research Station, Niwot Ridge University of Colorado
Major Ecosystem Type
Mixed mountain and highland systems
Year Designed
1979

Niwot Ridge and the surrounding Indian Peaks, Front Range of the southern Rocky Mountains. Niwot Ridge has been used as a site for intensive alpine ecological research for over 3 decades, including the National Science Foundation sponsored Niwot Ridge Long-Term Ecological Research program. The flower in the foreground is Hymenoxis acaulis (old woman of the mountain). Photo by William D. Bowman.

Related links...

Mountain Research Station
Terrestrial Ecosystem Monitoring Site
Niwot Ridge/Green Lakes Valley
Niwot Ridge Long Term Ecological Research Site

Last updated: 07/01/2005

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