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Mesa Verde is much more than a cultural park. It protects an extraordinary landscape: a high desert island in the sky home to a diverse and unique community of life found nowhere else on earth.
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Geology determines where plants grow, where human beings live, where animals live. It's the foundation of everything in our environment. Learn about how geology shaped Ancestral Pueblo culture and the history of Mesa Verde.
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The Pueblo people experienced drought here at Mesa Verde, just like we do now. But as our region's climate has grown hotter and dryer over the last century, Mesa Verde is now subject to larger and more frequent wildfires. Audio Described Videos |
Last updated: November 1, 2021