Researchers hope the data submitted to the Stream Tracker app by citizen scientists will help them learn about how streams are affected by climate change, wildfires and development.
“These smaller streams make up over half of the total stream miles in the world, and yet we don’t study them or monitor them anywhere close to how we monitor big stream systems,” said Kira Puntenney-Desmond, project manager for Stream Tracker and a research associate at Colorado State University. “They are really variable and really dynamic and are usually the first to change with seasonal changes in weather patterns and changes in climate.
The group of volunteers, as well as project manager Kira Puntenney-Desmond and hydrology research assistant Shelby Weder, are reflected in a flowing stream as they stop to make an observation during a guided Stream Tracker hike on the South Valley Loop trail at Lory State Park in Fort Collins Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023. The project focuses on gathering data on intermittent streams from community members using an app to submit their observations.
Stream Tracker researchers were able to use data from the program to track how the 2020 Cameron Peak fire affected small streams because they had years of data that pre-dated the fire, Puntenney-Desmond said. After the fire, some streams became flows of mud and ash. New streams appeared where there hadn’t previously been water.Saperstone, a semi-retired geologist, participates in the program because he enjoys the sense of community with other curious-minded citizen scientists.
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