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The trouble didn't start in Grand Lake, but it certainly found a home there. Grand Lake sits in the heart of the Rockies. The lake--along with the town that shares its name--is one of the most popular summer destinations in Colorado and has been for generations. If you stand on the shores, you catch an unencumbered view of Shadow Mountain, a majestic sentry that has guarded these waters since their glacial birth. But something is wrong with the mountain. Its slopes, rather than glimmering with the lively green of lodgepole pines, flash a wall of rust and gray, a sure sign of the trees' defeat.
Grand Lake lies in the path of an assault on forests across much of the western U.S. and Canada. As a result of drought, warmer temperatures and an abundance of mature growth, the trees that carpet the... |
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