The following Field Trips and Workshops begin with a check-in
at Red Bluff’s Sacramento River Discovery Center on Sale Lane
Birding Lake Red Bluff Recreation Area and Environs
7:45 am - 3 pm
Meet at the Sacramento River Discovery Center in Red Bluff
The Sacramento River Discovery Center will be the take off point for this exciting birding adventure. This trip is designed for the intermediate to advanced birder (beginning birders are welcome) as this is an ideal place to see a large variety of species. We will bird the recreation area's oak woodlands, riparian and upland habitats before venturing off towards the foothills. Last year’s trip revealed a roadrunner, several golden eagles and a host of other species. One of the target birds for this trip is the beautiful Lewis’s Woodpecker. Over 120 different species of birds have been sighted in this area throughout the year. Please bring your own sack lunch and beverage.
Field Trip Leader: David Dahnke
Tehama Wildlife Area
8 am – noon
Meet at the Sacramento River Discovery Center in Red Bluff
California Department of Fish Game's Tehama Wildlife Area encompasses 46,903 acres located in the foothills of eastern Tehama County. The Area provides critical wintering habitat for the largest migratory black-tailed deer herd in California. Learn about the habitat needs of the eastern Tehama deer herd and how Fish and Game manages the area not only to meet these needs but also to provide compatible recreational opportunities.
Field Trip Leader: Jim Chakarun
Explore the Red Bluff Recreation Area
9 am – 11:30 am
Meet at the Sacramento River Discovery Center in Red Bluff
Managed by the Mendocino National Forest, the Red Bluff Recreation Area offers opportunities to explore a variety of habitat types. We will first visit the Sacramento River Discovery Center which offers numerous educational programs, maintains a native plant garden and hosts a visitor center with hands-on interpretive displays. We'll then venture outside to view the Red Bluff Diversion Dam and stroll into oak woodlands, wetlands, riparian, and grassland habitats. By keeping a watchful eye open during these explorations we hope to see an assortment of birds and other wildlife that call this area home.
Field Trip Leader: Ben Hughes
Sustainable Working Landscapes
9 am - 3 pm
Meet at the Sacramento River Discovery Center in Red Bluff
Find out how we have moved from debt in the ranching business to developing profitability, maintaining quality of life, and most important, improving biodiversity and increasing biological capital at the same time. You will experience and participate in a project showing how 65 of our neighbors, representing 40,000 acres, are moving to a long -term sustainable solution to manage our "catastrophic fire" problem in brush and timber land. You will be exposed to a decision-making model based on quality of life, profitability, and environmental enhancement.
Field Trip Leader: Bill Burrows
Sacramento River Management Area
10 am - 2 pm
Meet at the Sacramento River Discovery Center in Red Bluff
The federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is offering a hiking tour of lands under its protection in a special management unit known as the Bend Area of Critical Environmental Concern. Located to the northeast of Red Bluff, this area is currently under discussion in Congress as the potential Sacramento River National Conservation Area. We’ll see a variety of upland habitats as well as spectacular scenic vistas of the Sacramento River and surrounding watershed lands. Wildlife viewing opportunities include wetland, upland and neo-tropical birds as well as deer and other mammals. This will be an easy to moderate hike. Please bring a sack lunch and beverage.
Field Trip Leader: Kelly Williams.
Shasta Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation
1 pm - 2:30 pm
Meet at the Sacramento River Discovery Center in Red Bluff
Bring the family for a fascinating presentation on wildlife rehabilitation. You will have the opportunity to see several species of wildlife up close as you discover fun facts about them. Learn what you can do when you find an orphaned or injured animal. These wildlife rehabilitators have amazing stories to tell!
Presenters: Shasta Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Volunteer
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