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…
SEA and Wintu Audubon led a field trip at Turtle Bay field to walk the area that will be immediately affected by the potential sale of public land to Populous, McConnell Foundation and K‐2 Development. We started at the parking lot of the public boat ramp near the Redding Rodeo grounds. Here SEA President David…