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Torrington intern maps 35 vernal pools; commission will add data to Natural Resources Inventory
Summary
Kaylee Cummings presented a Nearmap-based vernal-pool mapping project that identified 35 pools (26 possible, nine confirmed); commissioners agreed the data will be integrated into the city's Natural Resources Inventory and potentially into GIS for project screening.
An intern with the Yukon Climate Corps presented remote-analysis and field-verification work mapping vernal pools inside Torrington city limits and urged the commission to use the mapping to guide project screening and conservation.
Kaylee Cummings said she used Nearmap aerial imagery from 2021–2025 and a one-mile grid method to search for recurring spring darkened surfaces; her work mapped 35 pools, 26 of which she listed as medium-or-higher confidence potential…
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