Events

The Iron Mountain Superfund Site Update and Shasta Environmental Alliance Public Meeting Redding Public Library - Community Room Thursday, March 9, 2023 at 6 pm The Iron Mountain Mine northwest of Redding and above Keswick Lake was once one of the worst point sources of water pollution in the United States. It regularly polluted the… Read More »Iron Mountain Mine Superfund Site Update

Post Carr Fire Vegetation Management Field Trip with BLM: Rescheduled Westside Trail (end of Kilkee Drive) Saturday, March 18, 2023, 9 am The Shasta Environmental Alliance and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) field trip was canceled due to snow, but it is rescheduled for March 18 at 9 am. This will be a walk-and-talk… Read More »Post Carr Fire Vegetation Management Field Trip with BLM: Rescheduled

Nomlaki Trail Field Trip Mendocino National Forest, Tehama County Saturday, March 25, 8 am   The Nomlaki Trail in the foothills of Mendocino National Forest, west of Paskenta. It is a three-mile, easy-to-moderate roundtrip hike at 2000 ft. elevation. This trail has a wide diversity of serpentine plants and should have many new wildflowers as… Read More »Nomlaki Trail Field Trip

*CANCELED DUE TO RAIN AND SAFETY CONCERNS* Volunteers will clean up a stretch of Clear Creek Road around the Horsetown-Clear Creek Preserve (HCCP). We will provide vests for visibility, tools to pick up small items, and garbage bags. PLEASE BRING GLOVES. Lunch/snacks will be provided after the clean-up off-site at the Carl’s Jr. on Westside… Read More »CANCELED: Adopt-A-Highway Clean Up – Clear Creek

Learn self-sufficient and sustainable agricultural practices at our workshop on April 1, from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. at the Garden of Hope, 3626 Railroad Ave, Redding. There will be a $5.00 charge to cover materials and seeds. This workshop is sponsored by Shasta College, UCCE, and Providence International. The workshop will be followed by… Read More »Permaculture Influence

Millville Plains Wildflower Driving Field Trip Sunday, April 2, 1:30 pm   This will be a drive-and-stop tour of Millville Plains and a walk through the vernal pools near the old Lumber Jack. We will stop and identify plants along the road in Millville Plains and then stop at the vernal pools in Redding on… Read More »Millville Plains Wildflower Driving Field Trip

Join Wintu Audubon Society for a walk on a mile of the Sacramento River Trail through the Turtle Bay Bird Sanctuary. Spring migration, the theme for this month’s walk, will be revving up as swallows, warblers, and orioles begin to stream northward to their breeding grounds. We will search the trees for their brilliant yellows… Read More »Turtle Bay Bird Sanctuary Walk

Buckeye Water Treatment Plant Tour Old Shasta Thursday, April 6, 9:30 am This field trip will be limited to the first 20 people who sign up. To reserve a space, email david@ecoshasta.org   Shasta Environmental Alliance has arranged for a tour of the City of Redding Buckeye Water Treatment Plant in the hills north of… Read More »Buckeye Water Treatment Plant Tour

Hosted by the Wildlife Society – Sacramento Shasta Chapter and Shasta Wildlife Rescue 10:00 a.m. – talk about local wildlife from Shasta Wildlife Rescue 11:00 a.m. – join Shasta Wildlife Rescue for some birding in Anderson River Park! Where: 3752 Rupert Rd., Anderson, CA (park by the Shasta Wildlife Rescue building) The Shasta Wildlife Rescue… Read More »Birding with Friends

Kody Shellhouse, a geologist with the Bureau of Land Management, will take us on a two-mile stroll along old roads and trails near HCCP. Come enjoy the fresh air and get some exercise while you learn about the rocky history of the area. This hike meets at the yellow steel gate, on the south side… Read More »Geology of Horsetown-Clear Creek Preserve (HCCP)

Ever wonder what the name of a plant you were looking at along the trail? Or, maybe you have wondered why that plant was growing where it is? Or maybe you’re interested in knowing what functions the plant performs in the ecosystem? We will explore all of these questions on this walk! We will learn… Read More »Plant and Community Ecology Walk

Native plant garden tour of the Matson-Mowder-Howe Celebration Garden at the North Valley Art League Gallery in Caldwell Park. Doug Mandel, a Master Gardener, native plant specialist and founder of Ghost Pine Native Plant Nursery will lead a tour of this garden at Carter House in Caldwell Park on Sunday, April 16 at 1 pm. Doug will… Read More »Native Plant Garden Tour