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With rain predicted all day, turnout was expected to be low for the Waters Gulch Field Trip, but Ashton Smith, Spencer Henderson, and walk leader David Ledger were willing to forge ahead with the help of umbrellas on this trail with an amazing diversity of plant life. The first section of the trail is a…
It was perfect weather for the SEA/CNPS field trip on BLM’s Trail 58 just west of Redding on Saturday, February 24, with cool weather, sunny skies, and crystal clear views of Mt. Shasta and the surrounding area. This trail used to be an oak woodland with scattered shrubs, but since the Carr Fire, it is…
Last Saturday, February 10th we had a perfect day for a field trip on BLM lands, west of Redding near Igo. Cool dry weather, friendly people, and no rain. This field trip, which BLM ecologist Brooke Thomson led, had 22 people on it, so about the maximum you can have that allows people to hear…
Photo by David Ledger of Penstemon (blurry but beautiful still!) This field trip near Shasta Lake and above the Sacramento River provides a gentle climb of 700 feet in a vegetative habitat of mixed conifer, oak woodland, and chaparral over a 2.3-mile upward climb to the top and a 4.6-mile total hike. The field trip…
For this mid-morning field trip, we walked upstream next to Paynes Creek and an adjacent water ditch which was being converted into storm drain-sized pipes. The walk was between two habitats: the rich soil of the Paynes Creek floodplain on one side, a hillside of dry grasslands, and a few scattered shrubs and blue oaks…
Photo by Lisa Ross We had a great turnout for our annual SEA/CNPS field trip up the Westside Trail to the “Top of the World,” the highest hill in the trail complex. We had approximately 28 people on the field trip, which made it difficult for everyone to hear all of the plant identification, but…
Photo by David Ledger The SEA field trip to the proposed Jenny Creek trail in the City of Redding Open Space in early November was enjoyed by a small group of people including several Wintu Audubon members who were able to identify the many birds we saw on this walk. We started in the LR…
Photo by Kathy Urlie Article by Laurie and Don Burk Nine enthusiastic hikers showed up for the joint Shasta Chapter CNPS–Shasta Environmental Alliance field trip along Clear Creek on what turned out to be a very warm mid-November afternoon. We hiked upcreek along a portion of the trail that Shasta Environmental Alliance has adopted and…
By David Ledger All photos by Doug Mandel For the Kum Bay field trip, SEA and CNPS teamed up with the Wintu Audubon Society for an unofficial joint field trip. George Horn led the birding part of the field trip while David Ledger focused on native and non-native plants. We had 14 people on this…
This October 22 field trip at Nur Pon Open Space in Redding brought about 20 plant lovers out to a pleasant cool morning once the wind died down. This area has been highly disturbed by man over the last 130 years, and it has a very high concentration of non-native or exotic plants. For this…
This is the first time CNPS or SEA has held a field trip in the Nur Pon Open Space in many years. Since the area has been fenced off, cleared of trash and illegal camping as well as regular police patrols it made for an enjoyable field trip. We had about 22 people show up…
This joint SEA and CNPS field trip to Paradise Meadows in Lassen Volcanic National Park on September 17 was definitely not summer weather. It was about 45 degrees when we started and low 60’s when we finished. We walked the first part of the trail fairly fast just to warm up. While few wildflowers were…