Where research and tourism collide; "We've gone from being fairly isolated to wondering, any time we drive out there, if bulldozers will be putting in roads and fire hydrants."

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... a conservation biologist. Crested Butte , reborn as a skiing and mountain-biking mecca, today has rows of boutique shops and easy mountain access. At the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, where Soule and generations of other researchers have... ... hydrants," said Scott Collins, principal investigator for the site. "It's completely out of our control." While a few scientists at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory study the consequences of tourism, the laboratory as a whole is using