Events

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… Read More »Hog Lake Plateau Field Trip (SEA + CNPS)

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… Read More »Wild Trout and Fly Fishing in Clear Creek (Horsetown-Clear Creek Preserve)

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… Read More »Native Plant Walk in the McConnell Arboretum

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… Read More »Native Pollinator Projects (Horsetown-Clear Creek Preserve)

April 28 (Sun.) 1 p.m. -- “NATIVE PLANT IDENTIFICATION AND USES” Join native Wintu Ted Dawson on a spring walk while he locates, identifies, and explains medicinal and general uses… Read More »Native Plant Identification and Uses (Horsetown-Clear Creek Preserve)

May 4 (Sat.) 9 a.m. – Inside the Rotary Screw Trap 101 "Join Horsetown--Clear Creek Preserve alongside Fish Biologists from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to learn more… Read More »Inside the Rotary Screw Trap 101 (Horsetown-Clear Creek Preserve)

May 5 (Sun.) 10:00 a.m. - “GOLD RUSH HISTORY WALK” "The community of Horsetown was established near the second major gold discovery in California at Reading’s Bar on Clear Creek… Read More »Gold Rush History Walk (Horsetown-Clear Creek Preserve)

Lillian Nelson Nature Preserve Field Trip Friday, May 10th at 8:30am Read directions below for meetup location!   Please join us for a visit to Lillian Nelson Nature Preserve, a… Read More »Lillian Nelson Nature Preserve Field Trip

Hornbeck Trail Walk with BLM Ecologist Saturday, May 11th, 2024 at 9am SEA has organized a field trip to be led by BLM Ecologist Brooke Thompson on the Hornbeck Trail… Read More »Hornbeck Trail Walk with BLM Ecologist

May 11 (Sat.) 10am-2pm -- TRAIL MIXER AT SWASEY RECREATION AREA (Off Delano Drive) Our friends at Redding Trail Alliance are hosting this event, which is completely free for both… Read More »Trail Mixer at Swasey Rec Area (Redding Trail Alliance)

May 18 (Sat.) 10:00 A.M. - “HISTORIC HORSETOWN PHOTO” "In 1849, a group of hopeful prospectors arrived at the site of Reading’s Bar on Clear Creek, and by 1850 the… Read More »Historic Horsetown Photo (Horsetown-Clear Creek Preserve)

NEW DATE (rescheduled from May 4th cancellation) Phillips Brothers Mill Tour Saturday, May 25th at 8 am Meet at the Mt. Shasta Mall Parking lot $25 per person This will… Read More »RESCHEDULED: Phillips Brothers Mill Tour (paid event – advanced sign up required)