The National Science Foundation has awarded the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder a six-year, $5.9 million grant to continue intensive studies of long-term ecological changes in Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ's high mountains, both natural and human-caused, over decades and centuries. See Daily Camera article > See Niwot Ridge Long-Term Ecological Research for more information.