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Security cameras also help to keep an eye on tourists to make sure they are following the Park rules.Photographs from cameras also help to keep an eye on the ever changing Park landscape.Cameras are used to track and determine glacier characteristics, motion and volume.The good thing is that the glaciers are not melting yet.Nitrogen oxide that comes from cars on the highway, nearby power plants and smokestacks is becoming toxic for plants and animals.There is more nitrogen than the plants can use and it is ending up in the streams and lakes causing algae to grow.A huge environmental issue affecting the Park is that too much nitrogen is being deposited and is affecting the ecosystem.Parts of the Park are now closed to tourists because the trees are gone and the land is bare.Another problem is the pine beetles that burrow into the pines and kill those trees.The land is also changing from the elk eating the aspen and willow trees, killing them.When roads are built trees, rocks and plants are taken away to clear the roads for hikers and off road vehicles.The land in the Park is currently changing when new roads are made to handle all the tourists who visit the park.Roads have been made for scenic drives.Tourists take advantage of the many campgrounds located through out the Rocky Mountain National Park.These landforms are home to many plant and animal species.There are huge mountains for climbing, streams and rivers for excellent fishing, valleys carved by glaciers and trails for hikers.There are many special landforms found inside the park.Shale turns to slate and limestone turns to marble.New rock forms are created by temperature changes and stress from within the crust of the mountain.There also are some volcanic stone and different types of granite.Most of the rocks are siltstone, shale and sandstone.Melting ice from the glaciers created the streams and rivers.This created plains, meadows, valleys and huge mountain peaks.Some parts were from by glaciers, volcanoes and when the earth tilted and formed mountains.Some parts were formed by glaciers, volcanoes and when the earth tilted and formed mountains.Rocky Mountain National Park was formed when the Rocky Mountains were formed.

There were scientific expeditions, fort building and mining for gold and silver.It has been written but never proved, that man came to this mountain region 10,000 years ago.January 26, 1915, President Wilson signed a bill naming part of the Rocky Mountains to Rocky Mountain National Park.Rocky Mountain National Park By: Matt Jackson

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