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Trip Report: McConnell Arboretum Walk (April 2024)
Photo by Doug Mandel This weekday field trip to the Redding Arboretum brought out 12 people to learn some of the many plants on the trail. We started out under a huge oak tree at the Turtle Bay parking lot and identified many native plants on the short jaunt to the Sundial Bridge. From the…
Trip Report: Chamise Peak Field Trip (January 2024)
Photo by David Ledger of Penstemon (blurry but beautiful still!) This field trip near Shasta Lake and above the Sacramento River provides a gentle climb of 700 feet in a vegetative habitat of mixed conifer, oak woodland, and chaparral over a 2.3-mile upward climb to the top and a 4.6-mile total hike. The field trip…
Trip Report: Echo Lake Hike (August 2024)
Photo by Brigitte Robertson For this adventure to Lassen Volcanic National Park, SEA led a joint group of 13 hikers from SEA, CNPS, and Dog (re)Tired on a day it was 115 in Redding. When we got to the parking lot at Summit Lake it was a warm 84 degrees. This is a fairly easy…
Trip Report: Battle Creek Wildlife Area Feb, 2026
Our recent field trip to the Battle Creek Wildlife Area on March 1 was a perfect cool and cloudy day for a dozen nature enthusiasts to explore the riparian forest and learn about the Battle Creek watershed. With not one, but three SEA board members present (Juliet Malik, Stacey Alexander, and Ren Redlich), the topics…
Trip Report: Families in the Forest
by Holly White-Wolfe (Guest Author) On Sunday, October 26, SEA volunteers Holly White-Wolfe and Juliet Malik led a joyful “Families in the Forest” outing along Clear Creek in Redding, CA. Despite the rain, two families—three children and four adults—bundled up and shared umbrellas while exploring Horsetown Preserve. Children eagerly trotted down the trails, identifying pine…
