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NEW YEAR’S DAY FIELD TRIP January 1, 2025, 9:30 am This is our traditional, annual SEA/California Native Plant Society New Year’s Day hike up the Westside trail hike every year since 2008 although we may have canceled one year during the peak of the Covid outbreak. This a four-mile out and back hike to “Top...
Battle Creek Field Trip Saturday, January 11, 9:30 am Sign up for trip: https://forms.gle/Q1Kk77vVCS9P6Jmy6 For this field trip we will head to the Coleman Fish Hatchery and then hike up a paved road to the Coleman hydroelectric Powerhouse and then up a hill to the Coleman Forebay. Walk leader David Ledger will explain some of...
Blue Gravel Mine Trail Walk Sunday, February 9, 2025, 10am-Noon SIGN UP HERE: https://forms.gle/oaeEJmqPMdumEHUe7 Join SEA board member and naturalist Juliet Malik on an easy, casual walk along the Blue Gravel Mine Trail in West Redding. This trail is accessible to most as it is paved with gentle slopes, though there is a notable incline...
Sunday, February 16, 2025 1:30 - 3:30 pm We will send out the meeting location once you sign up (first 15 people) Sign up here: https://forms.gle/iroeTZQikCrCCzES8 SEA and CNPS will be leading an educational field trip in the Boulder Creek and Churn Creek watersheds in a beautiful natural area in Redding city limits. Walk leader...
Bailey Cove Loop Trail Shasta Lake Saturday, March 8, 9 am This will be a beautiful and educational 3-mile walk around a small peninsula that juts out into Shasta Lake with a great variety of plants and different habitats on the loop trail. It starts out in a mixed conifer forest, blends into...
Adopt-a-Highway Cleanup hosted by Horsetown-Clear Creek Preserve Saturday, March 29, 2025 - 9am-12pm "Meet at the Preserve parking area on Clear Creek Road just west of the Clear Creek bridge at 9 am. We have bags, grabbers and safety vests. Our fun group will clean up trash on the roadside for 2-3 hours. no heavy...
April 6, 2025 9:00 am – 11:00 am "Join Horsetown-Clear Creek Preserve alongside Fish Biologists from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service(USFWS) to learn more about their juvenile salmon conservation and monitoring projects in our area. This is a family friendly event where you can view USFWS rotary screw trap operations on Clear Creek, a...
April 12, 2025 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm "Come walk with David Ledger from the Native Plant Society and Shasta Environment Alliance. Enjoy the beauty of blooming wildflowers, the stimulation of a walk in the country, and learn about plants and nature. This will be a great afternoon educational topic. David is very knowledgeable about...
Sloppy Joe Hike: Spring Edition! Sunday, April 13, 2025, 9 am - Noon Join SEA hike leader Juliet Malik for a spring hike on one of Redding’s newest trails. We will walk a different route than the one we took on the November trip and explore the bounty of spring green and blooms along the...
Join us for the 2025 Redding Earth Day Festival at Caldwell Park on Saturday, April 19, 2025 from 11 AM to 4 PM. Admission is free! We will have many children’s activities and games in addition to live music and food vendors. There will also be many educational booths for adults as well! This is...
Saturday, April 26, 2025, 9 am - TBD at Whiskeytown National Recreational Area During this first walk, participants will be guided on two or more short trail sections to observe the incredible biodiversity of this locally treasured park. Stay tuned for more information and details! We estimate that this event will last about 4 hours,...
Sunday, April 27, 2025, 9 am - 11 am at Sacramento River Southside Trail This second walk will follow the easily accessed paved trail on the south side of the Sacramento river and will highlight the abundant biodiversity that can exist in an urban environment. A previous bioblitz walk on this trail yielded numerous observations...