The American Hiking Society’s National Trails Day is this Saturday June 5th: Trails do not just appear for our enjoyment, it takes many hours of planning, labor, and negotiating to develop them. National Trails Day®, the only nationwide celebration of trails, brings awareness to trails and thanks many people and partners for their support and […]
Pacific Crest Trail Maintenance in Castle Crags State Park This Saturday
The Pacific Crest Trail Association and the Mount Shasta Trail Association (I’m on the board of directors) are co-sponsoring trail maintenance work on the Pacific Crest Trail section in Castle Crags State Park this Saturday, October 24th, 2009. Here’s what Mount Shasta Trail Association president Joe Wirth says: We need a trail crew of ten people […]
River Exchange Fundraiser: Support the Upper Sacramento River Watershed and Trails
The River Exchange is one of my favorite organizations in Siskiyou County. They do a lot of work to protect the watersheds of the Upper Sacramento River and also the McCloud River, and they actively build and maintain hiking trails (most recently the Tauhindauli River Trail extension). The River Exchange is holding a fundraiser this […]
Protect California State Parks – And Their Hiking Trails – in 2009
The California State Parks Foundation, one of my favorite outdoors advocacy groups, followed up on Monday’s Park Advocacy Day events in Sacramento (see my previous blog post about Park Advocacy Day) by declaring 2009 the “Year of Park Protection.” California State Parks Foundation: Park Advocacy Day 2009 Here’s the entire press release from California State […]
Trinity Alps Hiking/Backpacking Trails Update
Note: go see the July 1, 2010 Trinity Alps hiking and backpacking trails update post! The Trinity Alps in far Northern California suffered heavily from fires this summer, and many of the trails that hikers and backpackers love were impacted. I have a special concern because, not only do I love the Trinity Alps, but […]
Improving Our Trails: Box Canyon Trail and Castle Crags State Park Nature Trail
The Mount Shasta Trail Association recently did some important maintenance on local trails: the Box Canyon Trail near Lake Siskiyou and the town of Mount Shasta in Siskiyou County, and the Castle Crags State Park Nature Trail in Shasta County. Here’s the skinny from the Mount Shasta Trail Association website: Recently a team of Mount […]
Off-Highway Vehicles Cause Damage in Shasta and Trinity Counties
Retired United States Forest Service employee Ken DeCamp has written an interesting and provocative piece in the Redding Record Searchlight about the damage caused by OHV riders in Shasta and Trinity counties. He even caught one member of the Shasta County Board of Supervisors riding an OHV off-road: The reason for my amusement stems from […]
Box Canyon Trail Maintenance – It’s Good for You!
Yesterday I wrote about my recent hike on the Box Canyon Trail located just above the Upper Sacramento River, just below Lake Siskiyou, and just west of the town of Mount Shasta. The Mount Shasta Trail Association (I’m on the Board of Directors) is sponsoring a Box Canyon Trail maintenance day: Come help do some needed […]
