Christian Irian: Restoration/Forest Cleanup

Claim: For my senior project, I am going to go to the Carriage Hills area in El Sobrante and cleanup all or most of the trash dumped in the forest including old batteries, tires, car parts and household trash.


Reason: I have ridden my bicycle and dirtbike up in those hills on many different occasions and cannot stand to see the mounting piles of garbage in an otherwise beautiful habitat. The area is also some of the only land left in the area that isn't overrun with cattle or housing developments.


Evidence: I will go to the West county tax assessors office and get permission to clean and hopefully will receive a grant to pay for expenses at the dump. I will take before and after pictures of the cleanup, as well as possibly make a documentary.


Value: This will be an ongoing source of volunteer work that I will be doing which will strengthen my body, lifting heavy car parts and trash, and it will benefit the wildlife of the area as there will no longer be piles of trash lying around.