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.

A snack bag left on the floor of Carlsbad Caverns National Park exemplifies how a piece of trash can disrupt a sensitive ecosystem.

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,