Lassen Volcanic National Park announced today that recently closed areas of Lassen Volcanic National Park will once again be accessible to visitors starting January 12, 2019. Some limited visitor services will be restored by...
Category: Great Outdoors
“Photo is Mill House Deli burning on the left” The Carr Fire: A Redding Firefighters View Shasta Environmental Alliance Meeting Featuring Redding Fire Fighter Jamie Harvey. Monday, January 14, 6pm Redding Library Redding Firefighter...
Until recently, the floodgates appeared wide-open on the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s effort to raise the height of Shasta Dam by 18 ½ feet. Since Congress allocated $20 million in pre-construction funding for the...
The National Park Service will reopen trails on the East side of the park on Saturday, December 1, 2018. These trails include: • Guardian Rock • Buck Hollow • Mule Mountain Pass Conditions on...
Snow showers are forecasted to arrive in Lassen Volcanic National Park just in time to kick-off the holiday season. “We eagerly await a reprieve from this fall season’s unseasonably dry conditions,” said Superintendent Jim Richardson. “The...
Entrance to Lassen Volcanic National Park and all National Park Service sites is free November 11 in celebration of Veterans Day. This marks the last free entrance day in 2018. “Visitors are invited to enjoy...
When a forest fire burns, the most obvious plants to be impacted are the trees. However, many other plants are present in the forests, growing under and around the trees. Some of these are...
I am 12 years old. It is 1958. This is my second year of deer hunting. Last year, I came out a few times, but never pulled my rifle. This is the fourth ride this fall. However, this day is different. It feels as if it was made for me, the way the morning started with the men and the babbling creek including me in conversation, and the way we ride the narrow trail in silence, patiently intent on getting somewhere.
“Jeff, we’re leaving Redding. Yeah, we’ll meet you at the burned-out store. About and hour and a half, I guess.” My friend, Chris Ingersoll, has just called his brother in Hayfork. He will meet us...
June 6 OK, this is a pretty casual way to start a backpacking trip. No early morning alarm. A cup of coffee in the garden with my wife, Darlene, watching the sun rise. A...
