Hello,
My name is Clay Brock I am a senior at Fall River Jr.
Sr. High school. I am doing my senior project with California Trout. A senior project
is a requirement to graduate from Fall River High school. It involves 20 hours
of volunteer work and has to do with something that helps out the community. My senior project is
with Cal Trout and I am continuing with the work that I did this summer as part
of the Hat Creek Youth Initiative. I worked for the Hat Creek Youth Initiative
for 8 weeks and completed pre-project monitoring for the restoration project at
Hat Creek.
For my senior project, I am doing Riparian Forest inventory quality
control and double checking the plots that we completed this summer. Forest
Inventory gives us an idea of what type of trees, how old they are and how big
they are that are in a certain area. We did forest inventory plots on the Right
stream-bank of Hat Creek from Wood Duck Island to Hwy. 299 Bridge.
How we took data for the forest inventory was we first
measured the Diameter at Breast Heights (DBH)and then determined the species of
the tree. If the tree was a Conifer and had a diameter larger than 4.5 inches
then we would take a core sample to tell how old the tree was. After all of
this we would then find the height of the tree by either using a clinometer or
a laser. We counted all of the trees within a 1/10th acre plot that
had a diameter greater than 1” and were taller than 4.5’ high. 
We completed 13
plots during the Hat Creek Youth Initiative. Doing Riparian Forest inventory
quality control double checks the data that has already been taken and makes
sure there were no mistakes. I helped
quality check 20% of the plots completed by the HCYI. I chose to do this as my
senior project/summer job because I found it to be beneficial for a career path
further down the road. It also looks good on resumes. I enjoyed this summer and
learned very useful information and I hope to be back at it next year.
Thanks,
Clay Brock
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