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High Acid Levels Are Found In Colorado Mountain Lakes

By: AP Dateline: ASPEN, Colo., Aug. 10
Date: August 11, 1981
Crested ButteRocky Mountain Biological LaboratoryColoradonorthern New Mexico

Summary

Rain and snow with acidity almost as strong as undiluted vinegar have been detected in some high Colorado mountain lakes, scientists reported over the weekend. Dr. John Harte, a biologist with the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, said Saturday that measurements taken over the past year near Cre