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, Six Rivers National Forest, Orleans Ranger District
Mailing Address
PO Box 410
Orleans, CA 95556
(530) 627-3291
(530) 627-3401 (fax)
Mission Statement
“Caring for the Land and Serving People”
Major Projects
The mission of the Fisheries and Watershed Program is to maintain the highest quality fish habitat and water quality possible on and off the Forest through science based management, restoration, and enhancement efforts as well as supporting other Forest resource management activities through planning, project design, NEPA and ESA consultation document development, and implementation and effectiveness monitoring. A critical element in achieving this mission is the development and maintenance of partnerships with local community groups, Tribes, state and other federal agencies.
Examples of Work
Typical inventory, monitoring, and annual accomplishments:
- 340 miles of Fall Chinook surveys accomplished between October and December on the Orleans and Lower Trinity Districts (estimate naturally spawning population found within tributaries, determine age composition, timing and distribution, hatchery and straying rates, locate and quantify redd locations)
- Downstream migrant trapping 7 days/week of juvenile salmonids within Camp and Red Cap Creeks between March and July
- Summer and winter water temperature monitoring of the Klamath mainstem and miscellaneous tributaries
- 90 miles of summer steelhead surveys between July and August
- Spring Chinook cooperative surveys on the Salmon River during July
- 40 miles of coho salmon presence and absence surveys between June and August
- Upslope and instream restoration projects between July and September
- Stream flow studies occur typically between September and October
- Environmental education and outreach targeting various schools with the Klamath-Trinity Joint Unified School District
- Raise steelhead trout within 2 classrooms every year
- Plan and organize Fish Fair Environmental Day
- Event coordinator for our annual Fish Lake Fishing Derby
