Our project was recently featured in Colorado College’s Blog, Around the Block. Read the full article here.
David Sachs
I was born in Boulder Colorado. My parents made the pilgrimage in the 70’s and converted to Buddhism shortly thereafter. I spent the better part of my childhood steeping in this crockpot of corn-fed charm and hip ideals. It is up for interpretation if my love for cold weather, ultimate frisbee and slam poetry stemmed from this simmer.
I came to Colorado College last fall, after briefly dropping out of the University of Missouri Journalism School to ski. I now study Geodesign, an iterative planning method, which uses geospatial data and stakeholder input to inform and create sustainable design.
Transects in the Rain – BLOGIS
After a mid-week hiatus from our field work, we got back at it again today. Our goal was to finish the last couple transects upstream of the Uintah bridge. We did complete our goal by the end of the day, however it did not occur without a hurdle. Near the end of us surveying transect […]
Meeting With City Officials – BLOGIS
At noon on this day, we took the time away from our normal work patterns to visit the City of Colorado Springs offices downtown and speak with Timothy Biolchini, the Stormwater Projects Coordinator. He was very helpful in providing us essential stormwater drainage pipe data and information about current projects that parallel ours within the […]
Meeting with Casco and Botanical Survey – BLOGIS
We spent the morning in the field with one of our advisers, Cyndy Hines. We took a bit of a botanical tour of our reach along the creek. We focused on identifying the primary species and the different microenvironments that exist in the area. We found a surprising amount of plant diversity, and ended up […]
Creek Boys and Sweet Toys – BLOGIS
Survey work continues on the Colorado College stretch of Monument Creek. We have completed 10 transects so far which marks the halfway point of our baseline recording. Overnight rainfall in the Pikes Peak region caused the creek to swell a bit, giving us our first glance of the corridor with water levels closer to historic […]
Learning the Equipment – BLOGIS
In the morning, the team ventured upstream of the worksite to practice manually measuring flow velocity profiles with velocity meters and measuring the profile of the bed surface using measuring tapes and meter sticks. Doing so was necessary for us to get used to the process of collecting data in the field before we start […]
Laying the Groundwork – BLOGIS
Starting on this day and going into the following week, it is my objective to learn the basics of arcMap, which is the program we will be using for all geospatial analyses of the Monument Creek stretch adjacent to the Colorado College campus. Meanwhile, Dave was primarily tasked with compiling various public datasets involving the […]
