Citizen Science
Connecting families to winter in the wild
A key element in Basecamp Cascadia programs is not only adventure and self-discovery, but to give back to the land in a meaningful way.
Read MoreSnowPilot: An easy way to plot and share snowpit data
SnowPilot is open-source, free software that allows users to graph, record, and share database snowpit information.
Read MoreStories in the Snow
Stories in the Snow is a citizen science program led by the Desert Research Institute that involves students and community members in taking pictures of freshly-fallen snow crystals.
Read MoreWestern Colorado University and CSO
On March 2nd and 3rd students at Western Colorado University ventured out into the Gunnison Valley to collect snow depth measurements for CSO. The project brought all ages of students from first years to graduates together to learn about the importance of the snowpack through snowshoeing and hands on measurements.
Read MoreStream Tracker Citizen Science Project
Stream Tracker, like Community Snow Obs, is a community monitoring network. However, instead of snow depths, project members focus their observations on intermittent streams—streams that do not always have flowing water.
Read MoreLiving Snow Project
The Living Snow Project (LSP) is a citizen science program housed at Western Washington University that studies “watermelon snow,” or snow algae.
Read MoreCitizen Science at the Intersection of Snow and Phenology
The Wildflower Watch program would like your help gathering data on phenology (timing of ecological events) in the area surrounding Jackson, Wyoming.
Read MoreGreater Yellowstone Microclimates and Citizen Science in the Tetons
The snow line in the southern Tetons climbs visibly higher each day as if the 17/18 ski season is waving us goodbye. Bare ground was present within Jackson’s city limits for most of the winter, but the Snake River basin’s snow water equivalent (SWE) stacked up to 112 % of the running average (calculated by the Natural Resource conservation Service, NRCS).
Read MoreUsing Citizen Science Snow Depth Measurements in Snowpack Modeling
After snow depth measurements are recorded by CSO participants, we’ve developed a way to integrate those observations into the process of snowpack modeling. Snow models use data from weather stations and landscape characteristics to build a snowpack during the winter and melt it away when the weather gets warmer in spring and summer.
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