Siskiyou Land Trust

Mushroom Walk at Wherrit Demonstration Forest
2025-10-22 09:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Mount Shasta CA
Join Siskiyou Land Trust and local mushroom experts Aaron and Susan Cena on a Mushroom Walk at Wherrit Demonstration Forest!
Aaron and Susan are highly knowledgeable mushroom guides and will lead us on an informative walk to identify as many local mushrooms as we can can find. Prepare for ~2-3 miles with some off trail walking.
Date: Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025
Time: 10am-1pm
Where: Wherrit Demonstration Forest, Mt. Shasta, CA
Click here to register.
Prior to the trip, logistics and meeting place will be confirmed by email from this address: admin@siskiyoulandtrust.org.
Children are welcome accompanied by a parent. If you are bringing others, excellent! Please have each person fill out the online registration form.
Dogs are not allowed except for ADA service animals.
For questions, contact Stewardship Manager Laura Bradley at LauraBradley@siskiyoulandtrust.org

Mushroom BioBlitz at Luginbuhl Headwaters Preserve
2025-10-30 10:00 - 14:00 | Luginbuhl Headwaters Preserve, 2100 Deetz Rd, Mt Shasta, CA, 96067
DATE CHANGED TO THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30 DUE TO WEATHER… Join Siskiyou Land Trust and local mycologist, Jayme Castro, on our first MUSHROOM BIOBLITZ at Luginbuhl Headwaters Preserve. Come and be a part of this important Citizen Science event!
Jayme Castro, founder of the Mt. Shasta Mycological Society, will be our guide. We will be spending the day hiking and documenting as many mushroom species as we can using the iNaturalist App*.

A BioBlitz is a community science event where people of all experience levels team up to record as many species as possible in a short time.
Your observations help build a record of local fungal diversity and support conservation efforts for this unique habitat.
Using iNaturalist, your photos become part of a global database used by scientists and land stewards.
It’s a fun way to learn, share discoveries, and connect with others who love mushrooms and nature.
Bring your smartphone with the iNaturalist app*, and if you’d like to collect specimens, a small knife, basket, tackle box, or wax paper are helpful for keeping mushrooms separated and protected.
Some collections may even be selected later for DNA sequencing to help identify rare or unknown species — a great way to contribute to fungal research!

Registration is required. Please click here to register
*Please review these photo tips from iNaturalist prior to the day of the BioBlitz to ensure the highest quality data collection: https://www.inaturalist.org/posts/3531-documenting-mushrooms

Mushroom Walk in Mount Shasta
2025-11-17 10:00 - 13:00
Join Siskiyou Land Trust and local mushroom expert Aaron Cena for a mushroom walk in Mount Shasta. Aaron is a highly knowledgeable mushroom guide and will lead us on an informative walk to identify as many local mushrooms as we can find!

Prepare for ~2 miles with some off trail walking.

Click here to register!

Let's Go Birding at Lake Shastina
2026-01-12 10:00 - 13:00
Photo by Steve Huckabone

Join the Siskiyou Land Trust and Mt. Shasta Area Audubon Society for a birding trip to Lake Shastina on Monday, January, 12th from 10am to ~1pm.

SLT Stewardship Manager and Audubon President, Laura Bradley, and renowned birder and photographer, Steve Huckabone, will lead the trip. We’ll be looking for ducks, geese, herons, hawks, eagles, bluebirds, nuthatches, woodpeckers, and many others.

The weather is calling for 50 degrees and sunny so… Let’s Go Birding!

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Winter Dark Sky Tour
2026-01-13 18:30 - 19:30
Photo by Chris Dolberg

Join Siskiyou Land Trust for our Winter Dark Sky Tour near Lake Shastina with Barbara Paulson!

Barbara will focus on Jupiter and her moons, and on the winter constellations of Orion, Canis Major, Taurus and more.

If you love our deep, dark skies and don’t mind some cooler winter temps, join us! Bundle up and bring a warm drink. It’s sure to be worth it!

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Grass Lake Nature Walk
2026-03-11 09:00 - 12:00
Grass Lake Nature Walk

Join Siskiyou Land Trust Conservation Director, Alexis Robertson and Stewardship Manager, Laura Bradley for an upcoming walk to Grass Lake off of Hwy 97. Grass Lake is one of Siskiyou Land Trust’s newest acquisition projects to protect this special landscape forever. Plan on approximately 2-3 miles of easy walking and wildlife viewing.

Click here to reserve your spot!

Yreka Phlox Walk
2026-04-15 09:00 - 12:00
Yreka Phlox Walk

Photo by Kristin Davis.

Join us on a botanical Nature Walk to view the endangered and endemic Yreka Phlox! SLT Stewardship Manager, Laura Bradley, and Habitat Restoration Biologist, Jennifer Silveira, will lead this tour of Siskiyou Land Trust’s China Hill Phlox Preserve. This property was specifically acquired to protect the endangered Yreka Phlox. We will be looking at wildflowers as well as birds on this short stroll, so don’t forget your binoculars!

Plan on walking 1.5 – 2.0 miles on loose gravel roads with approximately 200 feet of total elevation gain.

Registration is required for this free event. Meeting spot will be emailed to those who are registered.

Sign up here!

Friends of the Meadow Volunteer Wednesdays
2026-04-29 09:00 - 12:00
Friends of the Meadow Volunteer Wednesdays

Join the California Climate Action Corp crew every Wednesday (weather permitting) from April through October to remove invasive weeds and restore native habitat in Sisson Meadow. Bring your gloves!

Click here for more info or to sign up.

Spring Dark Sky Tour
2026-05-05 21:00 - 22:30
Spring Dark Sky Tour

(Photo by Chris Dolberg)

Join Siskiyou Land Trust and Barbara Paulson for an evening under the stars! Barbara is a local astronomy instructor who will tell us all about the skies above Siskiyou County. If you’ve never experienced the night sky under Barbara’s tutelage, this is a can’t miss event that will be filled with wonder and our deep, dark skies.

Registration is required for this free event. Meeting spot will be emailed to those who register.

Click here to register!

Grass Lake Nature Walk
2026-05-21 09:00 - 12:00
Grass Lake Nature Walk

Hikers at Grass Lake (photo by Don Flickinger)

Currently, Siskiyou Land Trust is working with willing landowners to purchase and protect over 5,000 acres of naturally occurring wetlands and grasslands formed during the volcanic era that created Mt. Shasta.

Led by SLT Co-Leaders Alexis Roberston and Erica Harris.

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Thamar Wherrit Memorial Forest Health Walk
2026-06-18 09:00 - 12:00
Thamar Wherrit Memorial Forest Health Walk

Before her passing in 2019, Thamar Wherrit donated her 600-acre forest to Siskiyou Land Trust. On June 18, we’ll be taking a walk through this forest and learning about the work that has been done to protect it in perpetuity.

Led by Conservation Project Manager, Hannah Link.

Sign up here!
