HITCH STORIES [?HITCH STORIES? IS AN ESRI INTERACTIVE STORYMAP THAT DOCUMENTS AND PRESERVES ORAL HISTORIES AND CONTEMPORARY EFFORTS SURROUNDING THE THREATENED AND CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT CLEAR LAKE HITCH. ROBINSON RANCHERIA AND OTHER CLEAR LAKE TRIBES, FOR WHOM THE HITCH ARE A SACRED SPECIES OF FISH AND TRADITIONAL FOOD SOURCE, WILL LEAD THE PROJECT WITH THE SUPPORT OF UC BERKELEY RESEARCHERS. THIS TEAM WILL RECRUIT AND TRAIN TRIBAL YOUTH IN INTERVIEW TECHNIQUES, ARCGIS, AND AUDIO/VISUAL RECORDING AND EDITING SOFTWARE TO GATHER TRIBAL ELDERS? STORIES ABOUT THE HITCH, LAND USE HISTORIES IN AND AROUND CLEAR LAKE, AND RELATED ARCHIVAL MATERIALS. THESE MATERIALS WILL THEN BE CURATED ON THE ESRI PLATFORM AND, THROUGH A PROCESS OF TRIBAL REVIEW, MADE AVAILABLE ONLINE TO THE PUBLIC. POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL OUTCOMES, DEPENDING ON TRIBAL PRIORITIES, INCLUDE ADDITIONAL TRAININGS IN GIS AND DATA MANAGEMENT, FISHERIES ECOLOGY AND WATERSHED MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE, AND CERTIFICATION IN THESE SKILLS WITH ROBINSON RANCHER]