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Researchers need your help tracking Colorado’s disappearing streams

Citizen science effort aims to learn more about intermittent waters

Volunteer Herb Saperstone, front, chats with volunteer David Fetter as they walk 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. (Photo by Alex McIntyre/Special to The Denver Post)
Volunteer Herb Saperstone, front, chats with volunteer David Fetter as they walk 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. (Photo by Alex McIntyre/Special to The Denver Post)
DENVER, CO - NOVEMBER 8: Elise Schmelzer - Staff portraits at the Denver Post studio. (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
By | eschmelzer@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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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.
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