8 replies to this topic

[Evan]

Hi. Posting about research we conducted near the western entrance to RMNP. Take look here: http://www.colorado....818b66a456.html

[Rhonda]

Very interesting article! Thanks for posting it.

[Igloo Ed]

Thanks for the research! Interesting and it sounds like water managers will need to do a bit of rethinking.
Will any studies be carried out when the trees have fallen?

[jflo]

Thanks for the info Evan!!! Welcome to the forums!!!

[Becky J.]

I found this quite interesting.
Thank you,
Becky J.

[DeeCeeM]

Excellent work and information, Evan! Congratulations on a job well done.

[Aaron]

Thanks for sharing this, Evan I just plugged it via our forums twitter account @RMNP4MS

--Aaron

[Mark Zemmin]

Cool article. The connections of things in the natural world are amazingly complex. Interesting to see them discovered.

Mark

[Evan]

Hi all -

Thanks for all the thanking.

We don't currently have plans to continue sampling once the trees fall over because it is pretty well established in the literature what effects this will have on snow accumulation and melt (more accumulation, more wind, more sunlight / faster melt). Older experiments with logging have looked into this. My guess is as trees fall down, they will be replaced by smaller new trees because there is an excess of sunlight and water. So, we'll likely see conditions similar to a clearing AND a regenerating forest.

-Evan