Skiers, mountain top telecommuters damaging Rockies' ecology

January 27, 2002
Source: Vancouver Sun
Original story - link verified on January 27, 2002

OTTAWA (CP) -- The rising popularity of skiing is causing major environmental damage in many areas of the Rockies, both in the United States and Canada, says a United Nations study. The problem is magnified by telecommuting -- the practice of working by computer from home -- because people are moving into fragile mountain areas, says the UN University report. Jack Ives, a mountain ecologist who contributed to the report, said the ski industry is creating unsustainable pressure in the Rockies.

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