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Waters Gulch Trail Field Trip Saturday, March 23rd, meet at Chase Bank on Dana Drive at 9 am This botanically-diverse trail never fails to disappoint and this year we will catch early spring blooming wildflowers. This four-mile hike is easy to moderate difficulty and is fairly level with a few steep sections. We will...
Shade Tree Planting Saturday, March 30, 9 am SEA will be resuming its Shade Tree Program on March 30, planting shaded trees in the front yard of homes within Redding city limits. We usually have the help of a few young people from the CCC but could use a few more volunteers to help out....
Shasta Birding Society will be hosting a field trip on Saturday, April 6th from 6 am to 12 pm to the Lightning Canyon Ranch, a private 2,205-acre property located at Lakehead overlooking Shasta Lake. This will be a half-day trip in rugged terrain targeting mid-elevation forest species. The land owner’s local representative will give an...
April 6 (Sat.) 10 a.m. - “CLOVERDALE WATERFALLS” With a generous gift from Mother Nature in the way of rain, we are thrilled to put on a special hike this spring. Ryan Morris, new HCCP Board member, will lead us north from the HCCP Parking area on BLM trails to enjoy not one, but two...
April 7 (Sun.) 1:30 p.m. – “CLEAR CREEK WILDFLOWERS AND WILD PLANTS” "Come walk with David Ledger from the California Native Plant Society and Shasta Environmental 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 Sunday afternoon hike. ...
April 14 (Sun.) 9:30 a.m. “A SEARCH FOR SPECIAL BEAUTIES” Join Barbara Peck on a morning hike on the Cloverdale trails. She will lead the search for a Rufous-Crowned Sparrow, Pearly Marble Butterflies, and Jewel Flowers. Barbara is a local expert with a Masters in Wildlife Biology and Ecology. She will point out and identify...
Roadside Driving Native Plant Field Trip *Millville Plains (new location) Sunday, April 14th at 1:30 pm UPDATE: Due to construction work by PGE on Whiskey Creek Road, all the flowers and shrubbery are thrashed along the roadside so this will be a driving tour of Millville Plains, Parkville Rd, and Black Butte Rd. ...
Please join us on Saturday, April 20th for the Redding Earth Day Festival at Caldwell Park in Redding, CA from 11am - 4pm! We will have music, booths, food, kids' activities, as well as a secure bike corral so ride your bikes if you can! Head to seashasta.org for more information about this event!
Hog Lake Plateau, Sacramento River Bend Recreation Area Sunday, April 21 Hog Lake Plateau is one of the best places in the North State to be wowed by amazing arrays of spring wildflowers, as well as many bird species. We will visit Hog Lake itself—in fact a very large vernal pool—and at least one other...
April 21 (Sun.) 9:00 a.m. – “WILD TROUT AND FLY FISHING IN CLEAR CREEK” Join local angler Mark Clausen as he discusses fly fishing and watch from the beach as he demonstrates the technique of casting a fly on beautiful Clear Creek. He will share facts about wild trout on Clear Creek and some of...
Native Plant Walk in the McConnell Arboretum Tuesday, April 23rd at 9 am Learn to identify native plants in your own “backyard” with SEA and the California Native Plant Society, Shasta Chapter on a short loop trail on the northwest side of the Sacramento River. Walk leader David Ledger will identify native plants of the...
April 27 (Sat.) 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. “NATIVE POLLINATOR PROJECTS” Join Ryan Morris and Jeremy Kelley from the Western Shasta Resource Conservation District (WSRCD) for an afternoon of education on the history and inner workings of a Resource Conservation District. They will discuss current, past and future restoration projects along the Clear Creek...