Nikki Jun 14, 20212 minWild and scenic: How the Yampa River flowsThe Yampa River is the heartbeat of the valley. Its cadence is almost invisibly slow: one resonating beat per year, reaching its apex in...
Nikki May 13, 20215 minBears getting into trash cans: the data behind a mountain town rite of springIn the arms race between human-engineered bearproof dumpsters and hunger-driven bear ingenuity, it's hard to say who's winning. The first...
Nikki Apr 6, 20213 minSnow Stripes: Rhythms of winter snowfall in Colorado's famed ski townsIt's not the snow itself that defines winter in a ski town. It's the way it changes the mood of entire town. How it sparkles in the eyes...
Nikki Mar 2, 20213 minHow Steamboat stays connected: Mapping Facebook’s Social Connectedness IndexIt's March again. There is not much left to say about the COVID-19 pandemic that I can do a better job of saying than anyone else, so...
Nikki Feb 2, 20214 minWhat 16 years of land cover data reveals about the changing landscape of Steamboat Springs"This place has changed a lot since I moved here." "It's not what it used to be." "You should have been here 10 years ago." "You should...
Nikki Dec 26, 20205 minSmoke plume summer: Watching wildfires from space with Landsat 8 and Google Earth EngineWe marked the passage of the long, hot late summer days in Steamboat Springs by watching smoke plumes billowing on the eastern horizon. ...