Shasta Land Trust Conserving the beauty, character and diversity of significant lands in far northern California
Come camp-out with Shasta Land Trust!
The whole family will enjoy this camping adventure! All are welcome to come marvel at the expansive views and summer meteor showers on the Swede Creek Plains located on the 6,000 acre Hathaway Ranch. After setting up camp, guests will enjoy a picnic supper and a beautiful sunset. As night falls, the ranch serves as the perfect spot to kick back and watch the stars put on a show. Guests will awaken in the morning to a delicious breakfast prepared by campout hosts.
The Hathaway Stargazing Campout is part of our 2009 Wildwaysevent series, parties that help support Shasta Land Trust.For more information about this event and other Wildways parties, click here. We look forward to seeing you and your family there!
Fun for the whole family at Hathaway Ranch
As part of
our new Environmental Education Initiative, families joined Shasta Land
Trust on Saturday, June 13th for the Wildwaysevent "Family Day at
Hathaway Ranch".
Fun-filled activities of the day included learning to use GPS and participate in a geo-caching scavenger-hunt, and creating nature-inspired arts and crafts. A guided nature walk had participants up to their knees in Oak Run Creek, searching for crayfish, caddisfly nymphs, and other fascinating water critters. Guests also constructed their very own home-made compass and solar-water heater, and were shown how to measure the height of a tree.
Part way
through the day, guests took a break under sprawling oak trees to enjoy
a picnic lunch accompanie by live accoustic sing-a-long music.
Shasta Land Trust wants to thank our hosts and
volunteers for helping make Family Day at Hathaway Ranch such an amazing
success! Our Environmental Education Committee is working hard to plan more
youth oriented events for this fall. Check back for updates soon!
SLT Completes Conservation Easement
for 5,000 acre Cow Creek Ranch
In March 2009, Shasta Land Trust completed a conservation easement on the 5,000 acre Cow Creek Ranch in ShastaCounty.The completed conservation easement represents the conclusion of over two years of coordinated efforts by the owners of Cow Creek Ranch, Shasta Land Trust, and their partner organization, the Trust for PublicLand.
The vast acreage of Cow Creek Ranch will be protected by the easement and features an impressive array of habitat types that support many species of wildlife.
To read more about the Cow Creek Ranch conservation easement success, click here.
Wildflower Hike at Hathaway Ranch A Hit!
Diverse flora decorated Hathaway Ranch on Sunday, April 5 during our the first Wildwaysevent of the 2009 season. Large expanses of death camas, frying-pan poppies, and tidy tips were spotted basking in the sunshine. Shortly after climbing out of the SwedeCreekBasin, guests were graced with the site of a bald eagle flying in the distance.
Local native plant experts and hike leaders Jay & Terry Theskin did a wonderful job pointing out countless plants and sharing their knowledge of the native flora.
Thanks to everyone that attended, and we hope to see you again soon at other Wildwaysevents! Wildways Kick-Off Returns to Warm Reception The 2009 Wildways series of events in support of Shasta Land Trust got underway on March 21st with the Kick-Off Party held at the Senior Citizens' Hall in Redding. Well over 100 people attended the event, reveling in the outstanding music of Roma and enjoying delicious hors d'oeuvres prepared by Shasta Land Trust supporters. Tickets to the entire series of Wildways events officially went on sale at the party, and several events sold out.
Proceeds from the Kick-Off, and from ticket sales for all Wildways events support Shasta Land Trust in its mission to conserve important lands in our area. A complete description of each event in the 2009 Wildways series may be found here, and includes the date, time and price for each event. Entering Our Second Decade of Conservation
Over ten years have now passed since intrepid volunteers and visionary conservationists painstakingly created Shasta Land Trust in 1998. Since that time we've successfully placed over 15,000 acres under conservation easements.
We look forward to another ten years of Conservation in this region, and hope that you will continue supporting Shasta Land Trust so that we can build on our successes in the future. We anticipate that our next ten years will be filled with many more exciting conservation accomplishments.
The completed conservation easement represents the conclusion of over two years of coordinated efforts by the owners of Cow Creek Ranch, Shasta Land Trust, and their partner organization, the Trust for 
