Events

Join us for this free, public talk on Tuesday, February 13th from 6 pm - 7:30 pm for a presentation by Dr. Donald R. Owen at the Redding Public Library Community Room Don will start his talk with an overview of native bark beetles and their impacts, including their response to climate change. He also… Read More »Bark Beetles: An Interesting Part of Our Local Forest Ecology

Audubon Conservation Ranching Program February 14 at 7:00 pm Shasta Birding Society invites members of the Shasta Environmental Alliance and the Shasta Chapter of the California Native Plant Society to join us in a Zoom meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87589708925 on Wednesday evening, February 14, at 7:00 pm. Matt Allshouse of Audubon California will present a program on… Read More »Audubon Conservation Ranching Program event (hosted by Shasta Birding Society)

SEA Clear Creek Trail Cleanup Saturday, Feb. 17, 9:30 am Clear Creek Greenway SEA has adopted a 2-mile segment of the Clear Creek Trail from the Gorge Overlook Parking lot to Horsetown Preserve. This is our quarterly cleanup of the trail of scattered trash and any fallen limbs. You can work a 1-mile segment or… Read More »SEA Clear Creek Trail Cleanup

Trail 58 Field Trip Iron Mt. Road, Keswick Saturday, February 24, 9:30 am   This is a trail on BLM land just west of Redding that follows the south side… Read More »Trail 58 Field Trip

Clear Creek Trail Cleanup Saturday, March 9th, 9:30 am Clear Creek Gorge Parking Lot   Clear Creek Trail Cleanup: We were rained out last month, so we will try this… Read More »Clear Creek Trail Cleanup

Adopt-a-Highway Clean-up (Horsetown Clear Creek Preserve) March 23rd at 9am (if rainy, the date changes to March 30)   Meet at the Horsetown parking area on Clear Creek Road at… Read More »Adopt-a-Highway Clean-Up (Horsetown Clear Creek Preserve)

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… Read More »Waters Gulch Trail Field Trip

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.… Read More »Shade Tree Planting

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… Read More »Lightning Canyon Ranch Field Trip (hosted by Shasta Birding Society)

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… Read More »Cloverdale Waterfalls (Horsetown-Clear Creek Preserve)

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. … Read More »Clear Creek Wildflowers and Wild Plants (Horsetown-Clear Creek Preserve)

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… Read More »“A Search for Special Beauties” Walk (Horsetown-Clear Creek Preserve)