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| Flooded beaver meadow high in the Rockies, near Buena Vista, Colorado | "Spring" arrives late to the wetlands above 10,000 feet in the Rocky Mountains. The short period of thaw in June, July, and August provides a short window of opportunity for amphibians and other organisms to grow and reproduce before being covered by thick blankets of snow again in the fall. | ||||||||||||
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