Ask a Practitioner Archives - Colorado SMP Library

Data Management and Tools

8/15/21

Hannah Holm, Colorado Mesa University, and Seth Mason, Lotic Hydrological, discuss their approaches and experience with managing the vast amounts of data from a river health assessment. They cover two aspects of data within the SMP process:

Data management and synthesis needs, and how and when to create a plan (see the Assess Conditions phase of the SMP process).

Understanding where to source data for an SMP and tools that are available to give you a head start, such as the Colorado River Basin Data Dashboards.

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Using Recreation Surveys to Understand Community Preferences

8/26/20

Eagle River Watershed Council and Middle Colorado Watershed Council discuss customized approaches to understanding community’s preferences on river flows, uses, and access. More information on the American Whitewater flow preference survey and other approaches for understanding river-based recreation can be found here.

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Citizen Science on the Poudre River – Video

5/26/20

Hally Strevey, Watershed Program Manager with Coalition for the Poudre River Watershed, discusses the ins and outs of their volunteer citizen science program.

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