Future Field Trips,
March 2024

by David LedgerPosted onField Trips
Field trip attendees. C. Harvey.
April 24, 2022, Waters Gulch Trail field trip attendees (left to right): Marti Weidert, David Ledger, Yojiro Sadohara, Shirley Martin, Bob Madison, Paula Crumpton, and MaryAnn McCrary. Photo by Chris Harvey.

2024 liability waiver info:
Both California Native Plant Society and Shasta Environmental Alliance require all field trip participants to sign an annual waiver of liability. Once signed, you will be covered for all events in 2024. Thank you!

  • Shasta Chapter CNPS’s waiver can be signed here: WaiverSign.
  • Shasta Environmental Alliance’s waiver can be signed here: Meetup.

Please join us for the following field trip, co-hosted by Shasta Chapter CNPS and Shasta Environmental Alliance (SEA).

Waters Gulch Trail
Saturday, March 23, 9 AM

  • Waters Gulch Trail is a botanically diverse trail that never disappoints. It’s a four-mile loop hike of easy to moderate difficulty—mostly fairly level with a few steep sections. We will see a wide variety of plants as we walk through different habitats: oak woodland, chaparral, riparian, and mixed hardwood–conifer forest. And this year we will catch early-spring blooming wildflowers. Wear closed-toe shoes, and bring water and lunch or snacks. Please make sure you have signed both waivers for 2024 (see opening paragraph). Meet at the Mt. Shasta Mall Parking lot near Chase Bank at 9 AM to carpool or caravan to the trailhead. For light rain, bring an umbrella; heavy rain cancels. Dogs OK on leash if you pick up after them.

For more information about this hike, please contact me at david@ecoshasta.org. ~David Ledger

Waters Gulch Loop Trail trailhead. D. Burk.
Trailhead at the upper end of Waters Gulch Loop Trail. There is no use fee to park at this trailhead like there is at the lower one, which is at Packer’s Bay. November 15, 2020. Photo by Don. Burk.