2014 HCYI: Healthy Forests, Healthy Streams
2014 HCYI: Healthy Forests, Healthy Streams
The 2014 Hat Creek Youth Initiative hit the ground running last week with guest speakers, guided field tours at Hat Creek, and classroom learning to understand the stream ecology of Hat Creek. This year we have eight high school students who will be working until mid-August helping to restore Hat Creek.
Our first guest speaker, Kit Mullen – District Ranger with the Hat Creek Ranger District of the Lassen National Forest – gave the group the background info. necessary to understand the connection between healthy forests and healthy streams. Returning students who completed the program last year were able to ask Kit more detailed questions about forest disease and fire on the landscape, as well as see the connection to managing the riparian forest for future recruitment of large wood into streams.
Kit Mullen who has been at her current position with the USFS since 2006, brings a lifetime of outdoor and natural resource management knowledge from across the Unites States to share with the group, and is an accomplished angler to boot. Her rich knowledge, experience and lifetime of stories from living in the wilds of Alaska are second to none, and the group was fortunate to share their afternoon with her. Thanks Kit for your continued support!
