AmeriCorps Watershed Stewards Project
1455-C Sandy Prairie Court
Fortuna, CA 95540
(707) 725-8601
(707) 725-8602 - fax
wsp.info@ccc.ca.gov
US Forest Service Klamath National Forest – Happy Camp Ranger Station
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 377
Happy Camp, CA 96039
(530) 493-2243 ext. 179
(530) 493-1796 (fax)
Mission Statement
The mission of the USDA Forest Service is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of the Nation’s forests and grasslands to meet the needs of present and future generations.
Motto: Caring for the Land and Serving People
Major Projects
Aquatic / Environmental Education
Fish Biology And Ecology
- Klamath River fisheries
- Salmon and steelhead biology and ecology / environmental requirements
- Salmon in the classroom
- Fish Dissection
- Forest Service aquarium
- Real Science curriculum
Visitors Interpretive Center
- Join sub-group working on Visitor Information Center
- Fish identification placards for aquarium
- Other displays: geology, botany, fire ecology, etc ….
- Maintain aquarium
- Work on Watershed model
- Water temperature monitoring
- Streamflow monitoring
- Juvenile fish surveys
- Adult Summer steelhead / spring Chinook surveys
- Aquatic habitat assessment
- Upslope assessment – Road Inventories
- Fall Chinook spawning survey
- Wildlife surveys
- River Cleanup and patrol
- Tree planting
- Data Entry and Summaries
Examples of Work
- Riparian tree planting
- River Clean-up
- Watershed model
- Community Garden
