site 4 Douglas Creek summary

This is how the plants and animals of the Douglas Creek watershed work together. In site 4 we have studied macroinvertabrates, water quality, insects, vegetation, animals and stream banks.

First we will tell you about the water quality at site 4. Our water was perfect. It was 7.5. That it is not too acidy or not too soapy and it is neutral so we can have bacteria, plants, fish, and macroinvertibrates.

Second we will discuss the plants at our site. In our grassy site anything can hide, even Dumbo can hide in our grass because it is so tall and abundant. When Ethan fell he disappeared from sight. When Haylee was standing up tall you couldn't see her. The vegetation was so thick that Tyler even fell over a piece of wood that he couldn't see. He disappeared for a short time. We had moderate deciduous trees, moderate shrubs, and abundant grass/herbs

Now we will tell you about animals and animal evidence. The first thing we saw was a mouse climbing in the rocks. The second thing we saw was a water snake swimming, then we saw 3 water snakes, 1 garter snake, and 1 rattle snake. We also saw beaver scat and fur.

Finally, how is our site at Douglas Creek doing? We have many plants and animals living at our site. So over all we think our site is very clean. Let's keep it that way.

macroinvertebrates

Temperature

Do testing

pH document

Site map

Site survey

We are going to tell you in 6 paragraphs why site 4 is so awesome. The people in site 4 are Ethan, Tyler, and Haylee.
First we will tell you about the riparian zone. The left bank looking down stream is 50-100’. Right bank looking down stream is over 100’. We had no conifer trees, we had sparse deciduous trees, and we had moderate shrubs, and abundant grasses and herbs. We had 25-50 over head canopies.
Second the shape of the stream bank was most like a square. The longitudinal pattern was meandering. The gradient was low.
Third the numbers of riffles are 7. The % of pools are 10. The numbers of pools are 2 but 90% of the stream is pools. There was abundant woody debris and abundant organic debris.
Fourth, we will tell you about the artificial structures at our site. In the stream reach there was wires around the trees to keep the beavers from chopping them down. Alongside of the stream reach there was a bridge.
Last, we will tell you about the land uses adjacent to reach. We had Residential development over our hill to our west. There is no other land use by people that we could see.

Our Photo Point 1

Location Douglas Creek
Date and Time 5/809 10:12
Observer Tyler,Haylee,Ethan

Latitude 47*29.315N Longitude 119* 54.113
Site Codesite 4

Location Descriptionsite 4

Purpose/Question How will the vegetation on the log change?

Notes

Map

Date5/8/09 Time10:12am
ObservercTyler,Haylee,Ethan

Locationdougals creek
Site Codesite 4

Latitude47*29.315N
Longitude119*54.113


Photo Point Code A
Compass Bearing
0True North
1Magnetic North

Camera4
Lens
Camera Height 1meter
Distance from meter board 15feet


Plants Observed grass trees

Animals Observed beaver

Other observations