Snowtography Comes to SJWCD

Mountain Studies Institute (MSI) has identified a snowtography location on Jackson Mountain in San Juan Water Conservancy District. The installation is planned for September 25 through 28. Volunteers are encouraged to help. Connect here to learn more: https://www.mountainstudies.org/events/snowtography-site-installation-on-jackson-mountain. 

According to MSI, there’s an emerging snowtography network that’s happening in Colorado and across the West. Snowtography will inform decisions on how to manage forests and answer questions such as how the amount and location of trees impacts snow accumulation, retention, and ablation (melting/sublimating). With a changing climate, measuring and modeling the amount of snow we receive can support decisions to ensure water resources and ecosystem health, and in turn, our health. Eventually, data gleaned from snowtology can help determine how we approach forest health, wildfire mitigation, and riparian restoration. Contact alex@mountainstudies.org to learn more and volunteer.