Leaving behind processed foods in delicate cavern environments, not so much.
In the post, the staff describes the effects of the abandoned snack food.
Molds spread higher up the nearby surfaces, fruit, die, and stink.
Left: Cheetos (Photo: Mr. Brian viaWikimedia,CC BY 2.0), Right: Carlsbad Caverns (Photo: Daniel Schwen viaWikimedia,CC BY-SA 3.0)
Only water is allowed inside the gigantic cavern where the Cheetos were dropped.
Known as The Big Room, it is the largest cave in North America.
or have other unforeseen consequences.
Cheetos bag dropped in Carlsbad Caverns (Photo: National Park Service/ Carlsbad Caverns National Park/Facebook)
In other recent posts, the Carlsbad Caverns team reminds the public ofLeave No Trace(LNT) principles.
LNT was developed in the 1980s and further adopted and condensed by national land management agencies in the 1990s.
The third LNT principle is Dispose of Waste Properly, sometimes paraphrased as Trash Your Trash.
Carlsbad Caverns (Photo: Daniel Schwen viaWikimedia,CC BY-SA 3.0)
The third principle is, Dispose of Waste Properly, which is sometimes paraphrased as, Trash Your Trash.
Photo: ©Leave No Trace
