It is with great excitement that Whiskeytown Environmental School AKA NEED CAMP announces its 50th Anniversary on Saturday, September 26th. The celebration features a self-guided tour featuring historical photos, the Carr Fire impact on the school and draft plans for… Continue Reading
If you have a bird feeder in the continental United States you have almost certainly been visited by house finches. On both sides of the Mississippi their hungry flocks coat feeders like displays of cherry and root beer lollipops. They… Continue Reading
August 14, 2020 The Democratic Central Committee of Shasta County passed a resolution on Monday, August 10, 2020 supporting the use of masks and social distancing in all public places within Shasta County during the Covid-19 Pandemic, including a proposal… Continue Reading
What a year this has been, and we are barely halfway through it. The new year 2020 was supposed to be the “good year,” you know, the one without the fire and the fire clean-up, without the snowstorm and the… Continue Reading
G-r-rick! G-r-rick! The woodland call of the ash-throated flycatcher manages to sound both dry and optimistic, and this bird has reason to feel both. It is well adapted to the summer conditions of the arid west. Although it sports a… Continue Reading
Nature with its feathers and its viruses does not dance for our pleasure or pain. Water does not need us to make a river. But we, of course, can both minimize natural suffering and enjoy natural beauties. There are uncounted… Continue Reading
It is doubtful that there is any informed individual in the US that would disagree that our health care delivery and financing system is broken. Due to the complexity of the system, there is no simple discussion of causes or… Continue Reading
Our world may have begun as a garden, but it’s not seeming quite right these days. Coronavirus and the other horsemen are trampling the flowers, and the misshapen economy will make next year’s seeds a stingier find. And even then,… Continue Reading
I suspect we are all growing rather weary of living in the midst of a pandemic. There are so many questions and sadly, politics and lack of confidence in our government institutions has created an atmosphere that has actually resulted… Continue Reading
Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Lassen Volcanic National Park is increasing recreational access and services. The National Park Service (NPS) is working servicewide with federal,… Continue Reading
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