Assessing the Sensitivity of Colorado’s Mountain Landscapes to Road Salt: Guidance for Sustainable Winter Road Management

This research will investigate how road salt affects alpine or subalpine wetlands in Colorado, which occur with different bedrock type based on natural amounts of salt and other ions. It provides the opportunity to develop region-specific salt application guidelines to minimize environmental impacts.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Sponsor Organizations:

  Colorado Department of Transportation

  Applied Research and Innovation Branch
  Denver, CO  United States  80204
• Project Managers:

  Roeder, Bryan

• Start Date: 20240429
• Expected Completion Date: 20260331
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Deicing chemicals; Environmental impacts; Mountains; Salts; Wetlands
• Geographic Terms: Colorado
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01927256
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Colorado Department of Transportation
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Aug 14 2024 12:20PM