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Siskiyou Outdoor Recreation Alliance Stewardship Corps… Conservationist John Muir once remarked, “The mountains are calling and I must go,” a summons that many followed this past year during the uncertaintyRead More

Siskiyou’s Turquoise Gem — McCloud Reservoir… Just 10 miles south of the historic logging town of McCloud, the McCloud Reservoir, or “the Res” as it’s known to locals, is aRead More

Paddling the Sacramento River… Just after the break of dawn at the Sundial Bridge in Redding, groups of paddlers in human-powered vessels of all shapes and sizes steadily launch intoRead More

Lake Shasta Caverns and the International Year of Caves and Karst… Caves have been friends to people for more than a million years, so it’s only appropriate the geological formationsRead More

Four Great Siskiyou Stops Along the Pacific Crest Trail… For 2,650 miles, the Pacific Crest Trail weaves from the border of Mexico to Canada. Some 7,000 hikers trek the pathRead More

Jan Pluim – Craftsman Extraordinaire… It takes a while to settle on a title for Jan Pluim, 84, who keeps a large and immaculate workshop near his Red Bluff home.Read More

Top Watering Holes to Help You Cool Off… With Summer in full swing, the desire to cool down in a body of water becomes a natural draw. Luckily, in theRead More

Gold Prospecting In The North State… Gold was once a deadly serious business in Northern California. Lust for it spawned a boom and bust that scarred the land and displacedRead More

A Healthier Future With Butte Environmental Council… A lot has changed in the four-plus decades since the Butte Environmental Council started the first multi-use curbside recycling service in Butte County,Read More

Discover Something New… The world around us is filled with opportunities for exploration. Discovering a new hobby, immersing ourselves in nature, road-tripping to a new-to-us spot and expanding our educationalRead More

Shasta Lake and Pit River Bridge… Born and raised in Shasta County, Tony Hord makes his living as a real estate agent but fuels his passion with the art ofRead More

Restoring Vegetation in the Mount Shasta Region… You can think of the slopes of Mt. Shasta as a big garden with a heck of a lot of shade trees, aRead More

Explore the Botanical Beauty Along the Fen Trail… Tall, tiny, sprawling, spiky, colorful or carnivorous, Klamath National Forest’s Fen Trail offers an interesting mix of botanical characters – plus coolRead More

Experience the Open Road From Callahan to Gazelle… Some roads are meant to connect points A and B. Then, some roads are all about the journey in between. Such isRead More

Through the Treetops with Redwood Sky Walk… The California Adventure District has a new must-see experience. There’s something epic about the redwoods in Humboldt County, and it’s a special experienceRead More

Hit The Road This Summer… Summer is here and the road is calling. Whether you choose a destination that is a stone’s throw from home or you are planning anRead More

Tips For Your Trip At California Welcome Center… They arrive from the north, south, east and west and they all ask variations of the same questions: Where can I go?Read More

Go unplugged, but go prepared… With much of the world still in turmoil, many are fleeing the big cities and “heading for the hills” in search of much-needed rest andRead More

Great stops along the Siskiyou Beer Trail… Northern California has had a major influence on the way Americans enjoy craft beer, from San Francisco’s Anchor Steam to Chico’s Sierra NevadaRead More

Free things to do in the North State this summer… The sight of light reflecting on a lake. The sound of the waves crashing against a seashell-covered shore and theRead More