Published 09/10/2024 12:20:00 p.m.

National Park rangers call out ‘world changing’ impact of dropped Cheetos bag

The National Park Service stated that a dropped snack bag can have a "world-changing" impact on cave life.
Rangers spent 20 minutes removing molds and debris, noting many microbes are not cave-dwellers.
The park urged visitors to leave a positive impact, highlighting that "great or small we all leave an impact wherever we go.

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Forgotten Cheetos snack bag can have 'world-changing' impact, U.S. national park says

A U.S. national park is cautioning tourists about how a small bag of Cheetos could have an enormous impact.

09/10/2024 6:00:00 a.m.·Canada

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NDTV

How A Bag Of Cheetos Unleashed Chaos In A Fragile US Cave Ecosystem

A recent incident at Carlsbad Caverns National Park, where a visitor dropped a half-empty bag of Cheetos, highlights the damaging effects of littering on fragile ecosystems.

09/11/2024 12:46:14 p.m.·New Delhi, India

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Associated Press News

Is it worth crying over spilled Cheetos? Rangers at Carlsbad Caverns say yes

Park rangers and volunteers collect tons of trash left behind by visitors each year at national parks to keep unique ecosystems from being compromised.

09/12/2024 12:02:48 p.m.·United States

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CNN

National Park rangers call out ‘world changing’ impact of dropped Cheetos bag

A recent park visitor to Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico dropped a bag full of Cheetos that created a “huge impact” on the cave’s ecosystem, rangers said.

09/09/2024 10:06:34 p.m.·Atlanta, United States

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Washington Times

Dropped bag of Cheetos jars ecosystem at New Mexico park

A visitor's bag of Cheetos that fell on the floor of the Big Room at Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico upended its ecosystem, officials warned recently.

09/11/2024 3:23:10 p.m.·United States

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National Park rangers call out ‘world changing’ impact of dropped Cheetos bag

By Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — Plain water is the only thing visitors are allowed to consume inside the huge cavern at Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico. Cheetos are a no-go, and the recent park visitor who dropped a bag full of them created a “huge impact” on the cave’s ecosystem, park rangers said Friday in a Facebook post. “At the scale of human perspective, a spilled snack bag may seem trivial, but to the life of the cave it can be…

09/09/2024 10:06:34 p.m.·Idaho Falls, United States

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