November 5 (Sun.) 1 p.m. - “ACORNS: A NATIVE AMERICAN STAPLE” Native Wintu herbalist Ted Dawson will discuss the acorn, from harvest to food items. You’ll be invited to join in grinding acorns with mortar and pestle and be rewarded with the best acorn dishes in Shasta County. You’re probably aware that acorns were a… Read More »Acorns: A Native American Staple (Horsetown-Clear Creek Preserve)

Jenny Creek Field Trip Wednesday, November 8, 9:30 am This will be a short, off-trail hike in the City of Redding Open Space through a blue oak woodland near Jenny Creek where a proposed trail may be built. We will examine the advantages and disadvantages of a trail in this area. This will be a… Read More »Jenny Creek Field Trip

November 11 (Sat.) 10 a.m. – “GEOGRAPHY AND MORE” Join Dan Scollon, Shasta College instructor of Geography, GIS and Mapping for a walk and talk that puts Horsetown in the wider context of space and time. He will discuss physical geography, including geology, hydrology and vegetation, in the terms of how HCCP fits into the… Read More »Geography and More (Horsetown-Clear Creek Preserve)

Clear Creek Greenway Field Trip Sunday, November 12, 1 pm Join SEA and the Shasta Chapter of the California Native Plant Society on an educational field trip on the Clear Creek Greenway Trail! While walking through riparian, wetland, and oak habitats, learn about native plants as we hike around four miles out and back, identifying… Read More »Clear Creek Greenway Field Trip

Sacramento River Bend Field Trip Saturday, December 9th, 9:30 am This joint SEA/CNPS field trip will be to the BLM’s Sacramento River Bend in Tehama County. It will be two short, easy walks totaling about 4 miles on a generally flat trail along Paynes Creek where in one section we will see a riparian area… Read More »Sacramento River Bend Field Trip