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Watching the Eagles at Turtle Bay with Terri Lhuillier…“Hi! How are you?” calls the Eagle Lady. “See our eagle up here?”Terri Lhuillier, pronounced Lu-WILL-yer, greets passersby on a southern stretchRead More

Making the Catch with the Simpson Bass Team…Nathan Phillips had hoped baseball would be his ticket to a college education until a shoulder injury curtailed that dream. He never thoughtRead More

Xtreme Adventure Rentals Takes the Hassle out of Maintenance…If you’re looking for fun ways to get out in the mountains or on the lake thissummer, then Xtreme Adventure Rentals inRead More

Mountain Marble Dude Ranchmy town: bondedWhen I was 14, my family moved to California and I was introduced to California whitewater rafting through my local Boy Scout troop. Repeated tripsRead More

Explore Shasta County – CAD Visitors Guide…With 3,800 square miles of territory, Shasta County is one very large outdoor adventure playground, and with a population density of about 46 peopleRead More

The Creation of Paul Garrison Picnic Pavilion in Fort Jones…Forgotten and unused places in cities and towns present the perfect opportunity to reimagine public space and how it’s consumed. SuchRead More

Norcal Boomtown BMX Rides Again…On a recent Friday night, a handful of kids of all ages and their parents are gathered at the NorCal Boomtown BMX track at Margaret PolfRead More

Top CAD Trail Picks, 2022…California Adventure District encompasses 38,000 square miles of iconic California and it is home to six national forests: Lassen, Mendocino, Shasta-Trinity, Klamath, Plumas, and Modoc. ThisRead More

Walker Field in Fort Jones…Driving into Fort Jones on Highway 3 from Yreka, it’s hard not to notice the large baseball field and stadium on the right-hand side of theRead More

Bill Tripp and the Karuk Relationship with Fire…Typically, kids are told not to play with fire. Not so in Bill Tripp’s family. When he was 4 years old, growing upRead More

The Joy of Camping…They’re the places where it’s so quiet you can hear your own heartbeat, where wildflowers bloom in all the colors of the rainbow, where sheer rock wallsRead More

The Jonsteen Company…Born out of a friendship and mutual fondness of arbors, Jonathan Claasen and Steen Christensen are aiming to save the world one tree at a time through theirRead More

Tawanda Farms in Montague…It’s not every day that someone winds up business partners with another mother they’ve met through their child’s preschool. But that’s just what happened to Carol PasheilichRead More

Roughout Ranch Foundation…When Kathleen O’Donnell left her home in Amador County, she headed north to Redding in search of a more purposeful life. She wanted to combine her love ofRead More

Camping with Bigfoot: A Guided Expedition…It was a typical chilly Sunday afternoon in the redwood forest, on January 16, 2022, when a local family of four went for a hike.Read More

Honeybee Discovery Center in Orland…Such is the concern for the honeybee that a mythology has developed around a quote often attributed to renowned physicist Albert Einstein. “If the bee disappearsRead More

Ellen Andrews, Packer for the U.S. Forest Service…“So, stubborn a a mule is a real thing. You’ve gotta have some buy-in from the mule if you want to get anywhere,”Read More

Thrills and Spills at the Etna Rodeo…Few Scott Valley traditions are as revered as the two rodeos that take place at Etna’s Scott Valley Pleasure Park on the first SundayRead More

Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge…Established in 1928 1928 by President Calvin Coolidge “as a preserve and breeding ground for wild birds and animals,” the Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge offersRead More

The California Poppy…Can you name California’s official state mineral? State fossil? How about the state lichen?Hmmm. Not so easy. But odds are you know California’s state flower. California poppy (EschscholziaRead More