UW News
Cassie Lumbrazo
June 13, 2022
Is there snow in that tree? Citizen science helps unpack snow’s effect on summer water supplies
![Trees in a forest. The trees are blanketed by heavy snow.](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/05/27130748/NiwotRidge_3-150x150.jpg)
To investigate what happens to snow intercepted by trees, UW researchers created a citizen science project called Snow Spotter.