New issue of National Parks magazine spotlights Jill Baron's decades-long research studies of air and water quality in Rocky Mountain National Park
The winter issue of National Parks, the magazine of the National Parks Conservation Association, has an article about Jill Baron written by Senior Editor Nicolas Brulliard, with photos by Emily Sierra. It describes her career studying the effects of air pollution in Loch Vale watershed.
Since the 1980s, Jill Baron has studied nitrogen deposition in the Loch Vale Watershed inside Rocky Mountain National Park. Consistent findings of high levels of nitrogen deposition in and around the park's alpine lakes, along with many decades of outreach by Baron and her collaborators, has resulted in multiple federal and local campaigns to reduce nitrogen pollution in the United States.
Read more about Baron's career as a researcher and climate champion in The Long Haul, by Nicolas Brullaird (National Parks Conservation Association), and learn more about Baron's work within the USGS through the publications, science pages, and news items linked below.
Banner Photo: Jill Baron and graduate student Mollie Hendry hike through Rocky Mountain National Park. Photo by Emily Sierra for the National Parks Conservation Association.
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