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Canyons of the Ancients National Monument

Created to protect cultural and natural beauty in the very southwest corner of Colorado.
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We made and enjoyed home-made ice cream on the way home after a long hike!
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We made and enjoyed home-made ice cream on the way home after a long hike!

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  • The landscape is fragile. The cedar tree could be centuries old. The 'black' biological crust is delicate and trampled areas may never fully recover. Under the best circumstances, a thin veneer of cryptobiotic soil may return in five to seven years. Damage done to the sheath material, and the accompanying loss of soil nutrients, is repaired slowly during up to 50 years of cyanobacterial growth. Lichens and mosses may take even longer to recover.
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