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Lake County starts community‑science hitch monitoring program with 33 bridge sites and volunteer training
Summary
Lake County Water Resources launched a volunteer community‑science program that trains residents to survey preselected bridge crossings once a week during a 10‑week spring window; the program uses standardized forms, quality control checks and invites long‑term private‑site commitments to support restoration evaluation.
Chris Childers, of Lake County Water Resources, described a county community‑science program designed to collect repeatable, presence/absence and count data for Clear Lake hitch at preselected bridge crossings.
Childers said the program requires annual mandatory training with classroom and field sessions and that volunteers adopt a single…
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