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Spring 2008 trips and events

All field trips, outings and other events are free of charge and open to the public. Field trips are generally easy walks suitable for all ages unless otherwise noted. Most are from 1 to 3 miles in length. No dogs are allowed on any of the field trips. Remember to bring lunch, liquids, hat, sunscreen and comfortable walking shoes. Field guides, binoculars, cameras and hand-held lenses are optional but will greatly add to your enjoyment of the trip. Heavy to moderate rain will cancel most field trips. If in doubt about cancellation, or if you have additional questions or need more detailed directions, call the contact person listed for the trip in question or Roger McGehee at 530-265-4173. If rain is predicted, at 7:00 AM the day of a scheduled trip, a recording will be on his answering machine stating whether or not the field trip will take place.

Nearly 2,000 species and subspecies of wildflowers, conifers, ferns, shrubs, broadleaf trees and grasses grace the northern Sierra Nevada counties of Placer and Nevada more diversity than in all of the New England states combined! These two counties include nearly all the life zones of California and our field trips take you on a journey of our local diversity from the oak woodlands and vernal pools at the base of the west slope foothills, to the serpentine and gabbro formations of the middle elevations, granite outcrops, conifer forests and river canyons up and over the crest to the sagebrush scrub and montane meadows of the east slope of the Sierra Nevada.

Late Spring and Summer Season 2008

Donner Summit

Royal Gorge Development
Joint field trip with the Sierra Club, the Audubon Society, and Sierra Watch
Saturday, July 19, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm
Meet at the Rood Center or at the corner
of Soda Springs and Pahatsi Roads*
Bring lunch and water
Rain will cancel this trip.

The purpose of this field trip is an in-person experience of the environment of the proposed Royal Gorge LLC development. Peter Van Zant from Sierra Watch will give us an on-site overview of how the communities in the area and the environment would be affected by this devastating proposal. We’ll also have fun looking at wildflowers and birds and learning about them from experts who will be on the trip. Come join us for a day of information and fun!

Peter Van Zant will lead a panel of speakers in an evening presentation on July 23. See page 1 for details. For more information, contact Julie Carville at mtngypsy1@sbcglobal.net.

* Directions to corner of Soda Springs and Pahatsi Roads (meet at 10:00 am): Take the Van Norden exit off Interstate 80 onto old Hwy 40. Continue on Hwy 40 to Soda Springs Road , then drive south on Soda Springs Road to Pahatsi Road. We’ll meet at the corner of these two roads and carpool from there. We’ll be back to our cars by 2:00 pm.

 

(If this info is stale, sometimes it helps to see the current newsletter (if it's not stale) for field trip information.)

Other Groups' Field Trips

The Sacramento Valley chapter of CNPS may have field trips.

Last updated
July 15, 2008