Rangers recently found a bag of Cheetos (still full of food) dropped off the trail in the Big Room, which is the largest single cave chamber by volume in North America. “At the scale of human perspective, a spilled snack bag may seem trivial, but to the life of the cave it can be world changing,” the post said.

The New Mexico park says that a discarded snack bag may seem trivial but the impact to the ecosystem can be huge, urging visitors to leave the world better than they found it.

Park rangers and volunteers collect tons of trash left behind by visitors each year as part of an ongoing battle to keep unique ecosystems from being compromised

CARLSBAD, N.M. (WKRC) - National park officials called a dropped bag of Cheetos "world changing." Carlsbad Caverns National Park officials issued a statement on its Facebook page regarding a bag of Cheetos that had been dropped at the cave's " Big Room. "

The park noted that the cave's humidity softened the processed corn, which became a host to microbial life and fungi. Officials respond after tourist's dropped bag of Cheetos threatens national park ecosystem: 'A spilled snack bag may seem trivial,

A dropped bag of Cheetos at Carlsbad Caverns National Park significantly disrupted the delicate cave ecosystem, triggering mold growth and attracting insects that spread contamination. Rangers quickly cleaned up the mess,