New Year’s Day 2023 Field Trip

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Top of the World. D. Mandel.
The crew that hiked to the Top of the World on New Year's Day 2023. Snow-capped Mt. Shasta in the background.
Photo © Doug Mandel.

Our traditional New Year’s Day Field Trip on the Westside Trail to the Top of the World is still going strong! This year we had 19 people show up on this joint SEA-CNPS field trip, including many regulars as well as many newcomers.

Westside Trail talk. D. Mandel.
David Ledger, right, discussing the clear-cutting that has recently taken place on the Westside Trail, Redding. Photo by Doug Mandel, taken January 1, 2023.

One person returning for this field trip was Zachary Jackson with their mother, Carol. Zach is a recent graduate of UC Santa Cruz who took an interest in environmental studies because of their experiences on Shasta Chapter CNPS field trips since they were about 13 years old. They are lucky to have a mother who was willing to introduce them to the natural world. They are now working in the field for a consulting firm that does environmental studies required by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). (Please see our June 2022 article on Zach, Welcome New Plant Ecologist!) ~David Ledger

Westside Trail. D. Mandel.
Heading back down Westside Trail after greeting the new year at the Top of the World, Redding.
Photo by Doug Mandel, taken January 1, 2023.