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March 3, 20260 citationsOpen Access

The Politics of Solitude: Listening to Environmental Change in Rocky Mountain National Park, 1945-Present

MBMark A. Boxwell

Key Points

  • Environmental change is deeply intertwined with tourism activities in Rocky Mountain National Park.
  • The narrative illustrates how the proliferation of mechanical noise affected visitors' experiences and perceptions.
  • Analysis spans from 1945 to the present, detailing people's reactions to the changing environment and tourism dynamics.
  • The Wilderness Act and various historical figures play pivotal roles in shaping the park's narrative.

Abstract

A telling of the history of mechanical nose's proliferation in RMNP and people's reactions to tourist and their machines. A sensory and environments history of the park. Rocky Mountain National Park; Boxwell, Mark; Smith, Mark; Marx, Leo; Sutter, Paul; Coates, Peter; Estes Park; McNeill; Crutzen, Paul ;Nash, Roderick; Brooks Range; Darling, Fraser; Echhorn, Noel; Harvey, Mark; Wilderness Act; Abbey, Edward; Mooney, David; Estes Park Trail Gazette; Estes Park Board of Trustees; Estes Park Airport Committee; Love, John Arthur; Beau; Lucas; Bussey, Woodrow; Federal Aviation Administration; Louter, David; Black, Brian; Eisenhower, Dwight; Drury. Newton; Mission 66;

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Mark A. Boxwell (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69a766b8badf0bb9e87de250https://digscholarship.unco.edu/context/romo/article/1066/viewcontent/ROMO_FR_62.pdf
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