2026 STAGE EcoShasta | S.E.A.

Nomlaki Trail Field Trip
2023-03-25 08:00 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Nomlaki Trail Field Trip
Mendocino National Forest, Tehama County
Saturday, March 25, 8 am

The Nomlaki Trail in the foothills of Mendocino National Forest, west of Paskenta. It is a three-mile, easy-to-moderate roundtrip hike at 2000 ft. elevation. This trail has a wide diversity of serpentine plants and should have many new wildflowers as it recovers from a fire several years ago. This will be primarily a mixed chaparral field trip with a great understory of wildflowers. Time permitting, we will drive further up the road to a conifer zone.

Bring plenty of water, lunch, and gas money for ride-sharing. Dogs on leashes at all times are welcome. Meet at the CVS parking lot on Placer Street in Redding at 8 am to carpool to the trailhead.
For more information, contact David Ledger at david@ecoshasta.org

Post Carr Fire Vegetation Management Field Trip with BLM: Rescheduled
2023-03-18 09:00 - 13:00
Post Carr Fire Vegetation Management Field Trip with BLM: Rescheduled
Westside Trail (end of Kilkee Drive)
Saturday, March 18, 2023, 9 am
The Shasta Environmental Alliance and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) field trip was canceled due to snow, but it is rescheduled for March 18 at 9 am. This will be a walk-and-talk field trip on the West Side trail system to look at recent fuels reduction work. In the last few months, many people who hike and bike these trails have seen drastic changes to parts of the trail system. This is an opportunity to walk through various project zones and talk about different treatments’ short- and long-term impacts. We will look at untreated areas, more aggressively thinned areas, and modified treatment areas. Each zone has pros and
cons – and talking through it on the ground helps to explain the ins and outs of fuels management and ecosystem management.
This is an opportunity to learn from experts in the field. Hike leaders are Brooke Thompson, a BLM ecologist concerned about protecting native plants and wildlife on BLM lands, and Garrett Dunn, an experienced BLM Fire Management Officer. They will discuss the pros and cons of various fire treatment areas that we will walk through, from no fire treatment to heavy clearing. Your questions will be answered about fire recovery and the plants and animals of the Westside Trail complex during this walk-and-talk.
Meet at the Westside Trailhead at the end of Kilkee Drive on Saturday, March 18 at 9 am. This will be an easy two-to-three-mile walk. Bring good walking shoes and a water bottle. Light showers mean we will continue, but heavy rains will cancel. For more information, contact David Ledger at david@ecoshasta.org
