This hike will get you out of the Sacramento Valley heat and give you a good workout—all while you enjoy the beauty of the forest…
Following an old water ditch, the Rattlesnake Gulch Trail begins gently enough the first one-half mile. Then the trail leaves the water ditch grade and…
Right now, there are lots of eye-popping superb mariposa lilies to be seen on the Cloverdale Loop Trail! Also not to be missed are the…
To celebrate my 71st birthday, wife Billie, daughter Ciara, and dogs Baxster and Tiny joined me for a hike on one of John Springer’s favorite…
On Monday, April 27, 2020, naturalist and insect enthusiast Chris Gray and I walked part of the Waters Gulch Trail, in Lakehead, observing proper social…
The Matson-Mowder-Howe Celebration Garden at the North Valley Art League’s Carter House Gallery is shaping up beautifully. Volunteers Sarah Jarrett and Sue Mandel have been…
The deadline for students to get their applications for the Shasta Chapter Scholarship is today, May 1, 2020. As of this posting, the Scholarship Committee…
In early April, we enjoyed a visit to the Native Garden at the entrance to the public parking lot at Lema Ranch, off of Shasta…
My Dear Members,Although I hate the COVID plague, I am liking many of the ways we are coping. Especially I am enjoying the virtual field…
We were disappointed to cancel the Spring Plant Sale when Shasta College closed its campus. We wrestled with the various logistics of trying to hold…
My garden is rustic and quirky (fun garden art, but watch your step!). In about 2006, I began to enhance the two types of oak…