For more information about National Park Service air resources,
please visit http://www.nature.nps.gov/air/. Air Pollution
Impacts Theodore Roosevelt National Park Natural and scenic
resources in Theodore Roosevelt National Park (NP) are
susceptible to the harmful effects of air pollution. Fine
particles, nitrogen, ozone, and mercury impact scenic resources
such as visibility, and natural resources such as surface waters
and vegetation. Click on the tabs below to learn more about air
pollutants and their impacts on natural and scenic resources at
Theodore Roosevelt NP. - Nitrogen & Sulfur - Toxics & Mercury
Many visitors come to Theodore Roosevelt NP to enjoy views of
the rugged badlands terrain, wildlife, and other idyllic
landscape scenes that charmed Theodore Roosevelt in the 1880s.
Unfortunately, nowadays, such vistas are sometimes obscured by
haze caused by fine particles in the air. Many of the same
pollutants that ultimately fall out as nitrogen and sulfur
deposition contribute to this haze and visibil