Stream Tracker

YES! Are you ready!? The September Stream Track-a-thon starts TODAY and goes until Sunday, October 1st. For the next two weeks, get out and track streamflow conditions. Every observation you contribute enters you in a drawing for prizes awarded at the end of the track-a-thon. Your observations help us create a snapshot in time of which streams are flowing and which have gone dry this time of year when conditions tend to be drier.
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Get Started!
1. Join the project (if you have not already) either on our website for instructions delivered to your inbox or by downloading the Anecdata. org app and searching for then joining Stream Tracker in the app.
2. Go for a hike, drive, run, walk, leaf-peeping adventure in your watershed..... when a smaller stream channel intersects the road or trail you are on, log a new observation and record whether you see a dry channel, flowing water, or standing water.
3. Take a photo or two. Upload your observation and then keep stream tracking!
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Join the fun!! Reach out to us with any questions!

Today's spotlight is on Doe Creek Trail!
>Located near Lake Granby, you can start this hike from the Doe Creek trailhead. It is a moderate hike just under 4 miles one-way with 1,300 feet of elevation gain. There are a total of 6 Stream Tracker hotspots along this trail.

>Sign up to hike this trail and record streamflow condition of the smaller streams that intersect the trail. Visit our website to sign up for an available week to hike now through October 1.

Check out Big South Trail!
>Located right off of Highway 14, Big South is one of our priority hikes this summer. While you can hike further on the trail, there are a total of 14 Stream Tracker hotspots within the first 3.5 miles.

>Sign up to hike this trail and record streamflow condition of the smaller streams that intersect the trail. Visit our website to sign up for an available week to hike now through October 1.

>Prefer to join us for a guided hike instead to learn first-hand how to stream track? You can hike this trail with us on September 3rd. Sign up online to join us!

What a wonderful evening for a hike! Thank you to all who came out to Stream Track with us on Wednesday. We spent the evening exploring low elevation streams on the Front Range followed by a spectacular sunset.

>>Come hike with us! The next guided hike is along Big South Trail on Sunday September 3rd. We will be following the headwaters of the Cache la Poudre River and discovering how small streams contribute along the way. More info and to sign up here: https://www.streamtracker.org/arnftrails

Stream Tracker in the news! The outstanding contributions of the many volunteers are improving the mapping and monitoring of streams on the U.S. Forest Service-Arapaho & Roosevelt Natl Forests Pawnee Natl Grassland and nationwide

Researchers need your help tracking Colorado’s disappearing streams 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.

Have you ever hiked to Blue Lake?

>Located off of Highway 14, this trail is a moderate to hard hike 5 miles to Blue Lake with an elevation gain of 1300 ft. There are 22 Stream Tracker hotspots along this trail.

>Sign up to hike this trail and record streamflow conditions of the smaller streams that intersect the trail. Visit our website to sign up for an available week to hike now through October 1.