Now, Gothic is home to one of the most prolific environmental research stations in the world: the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory (RMBL). Research that is important within specific ecological and environmental sciences and more broadly for global sustainability, explains Jeni Blacklock, RMBL executive director. In fact, the long-term data collected may be the most important work RMBL undertakes. A long-term study of wildflowers and temperature data highlights, among other things, how sagebrush competes with wildflowers. In fact, RMBL research has helped shape the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, and global assessments on pollination and global food supply.