{"id":321,"date":"2017-02-08T12:44:01","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T19:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/davidcooper\/?page_id=321"},"modified":"2017-02-08T12:49:15","modified_gmt":"2017-02-08T19:49:15","slug":"long-term-processes-supporting-fens-san-juan-mts-colorado","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/davidcooper\/long-term-processes-supporting-fens-san-juan-mts-colorado\/","title":{"rendered":"Long term processes supporting fens in the San Juan Mts, Colorado"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/davidcooper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/02\/droppedImage-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-323 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/davidcooper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/02\/droppedImage-3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"596\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/davidcooper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/02\/droppedImage-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/davidcooper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/02\/droppedImage-3-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/davidcooper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/02\/droppedImage-3.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/><\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Little is known about the long term hydrologic processes supporting peatlands in the Rocky Mountains.\u00a0 We initiated this study of fen hydrologic processes in 2000, and have continued to collect data for 10 years.\u00a0 We are analyzing a suite of 5 fens, located at 11,000-11,400 feet elevation in the San Juan Mountains of SW Colorado within the boundaries of the Telluride Ski Area.\u00a0 Each fen is instrumented with nests of monitoring wells and piezometers, one to many automated ground water level recorders, temperature sensors, and vegetation plots.\u00a0 We have also measured summer precipitation and watershed snowpack, as well as seasonal carbon fluxes.\u00a0 This site is being used to model the long-term importance of summer rain and winter snowpack in supporting ground water levels and peat formation processes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"San_Juan_Fens_files\/ChimnerLemlyCooper2010 San Juan Fens.pdf\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/davidcooper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/02\/ChimnerLemlyCooper2010-San-Juan-Fens.pdf\">ChimnerLemlyCooper2010 San Juan Fens.pdf<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Little is known about the long term hydrologic processes supporting peatlands in the Rocky Mountains.\u00a0 We initiated this study of fen hydrologic processes in 2000, and have continued to collect data for 10 years.\u00a0 We are analyzing a suite of 5 fens, located at 11,000-11,400 feet elevation in the San Juan Mountains of SW Colorado [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":117,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-321","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/davidcooper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/davidcooper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/davidcooper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/davidcooper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/117"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/davidcooper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/davidcooper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":327,"href":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/davidcooper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/321\/revisions\/327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/davidcooper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}