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Established on May 14, 1930, Carlsbad Caverns National Park is famous both for its elaborately decorated caves and the colonies of bats found in them. The caves form a maze about 23 miles (37 ...
FILE - Hundreds of cave formations are shown decorating the Big Room at Carlsbad Caverns National Park near Carlsbad, N.M., Dec. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File) ...
FILE - Hundreds of cave formations are shown decorating the Big Room at Carlsbad Caverns National Park near Carlsbad, N.M., Dec. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File ...
Carlsbad Caverns National Park rangers pounced into action after a visitor left a bag of Cheetos that inhabitants of the caves found and spread, nearly destroying its ecosystem.
Carlsbad Caverns National Park officials issued a statement on its Facebook page regarding a bag of Cheetos that had been dropped at the cave's "Big Room. "Great or small we all leave an impact ...
FILE – Hundreds of cave formations are shown decorating the Big Room at Carlsbad Caverns National Park near Carlsbad, N.M., Dec. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File) ...
This photo shows a bag of Cheetos that was dropped off trail by a visitor in the Big Room at the national park near Carlsbad, N.M.(Carlsbad Caverns National Park via AP) ...
FILE - Hundreds of cave formations are shown decorating the Big Room at Carlsbad Caverns National Park near Carlsbad, N.M., Dec. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File) ...
FILE - Hundreds of cave formations are shown decorating the Big Room at Carlsbad Caverns National Park near Carlsbad, N.M., Dec. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File) ...
FILE - Hundreds of cave formations are shown decorating the Big Room at Carlsbad Caverns National Park near Carlsbad, N.M., Dec. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File) ...
FILE - Hundreds of cave formations are shown decorating the Big Room at Carlsbad Caverns National Park near Carlsbad, N.M., Dec. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File) ...
This undated photo shows a bag of Cheetos that was dropped off the trail by a visitor in the Big Room at the national park near Carlsbad, N.M. (Carlsbad Caverns National Park via AP) Tons of trash ...