Horsetown-Clear Creek Home Page What is Horsetown-Clear Creek Preserve? Horsetown-Clear Creek Preserve (HCCP) is a 17 acre recreation area which strives to retain, preserve, restore, and, if possible, augment the publicly-owned lands surrounding Clear Creek in the vicinity of Saeltzer Dam and the site of Horsetown, Shasta County, California, and to manage them as a natural preserve for the public. Location Horsetown-Clear Creek Preserve is located in Shasta County, California, just west of Redding. The Preserve is in the middle of BLM's Clear Creek Greenway on Clear Creek Road, seven miles west of highway 273 and just west of the Clear Creek Bridge. Goals • to promote nature-related education by serving as an outdoor classroom and open-air learning center where children can explore the natural sciences and learn the value of stewardship and resource responsibility; • to provide walking trails and opportunities for quiet, low-impact, nature-related recreation including hiking, wildlife observation, photography, fishing, bicycling, picnicking, horseback riding, nature study, jogging, etc.; • to help restore and protect the anadromous fishery in Clear Creek; • to preserve, study, and interpret local history; • to protect and restore habitat, including soils, native vegetation and fauna; • to provide access to nature for handicapped and disabled; The above goals are mutually compatible and supportive and are gentle, even restorative, to the land. They represent multiple use, serve a large cross section of the public, and offer an opportunity for intimate involvement of the citizens, and effective government/private partnerships. The Preserve has involved, and shall continue to involve, countless organizations, agencies, educators, experts, volunteers, and interested people in pursuing the above goals with maximum dedication and at minimum cost. To download our Mission Statement click here (114 kB, pdf file). Downloadable Maps Horsetown-Clear Creek Preserve (61 kB, pdf file) Clear Creek Cloverdale Section (612 kB, pdf file) Clear Creek Greenway (417 kB, pdf file) The last two maps were provided courtesy of the Redding BLM field office. For more information on Clear Creek or other local recreational trail areas, see BLM’s website on our Links web page. Join the Board Horsetown-Clear Creek Preserve has openings on the Board of Directors. Use the contact information below for more information. Contact Information Horsetown-Clear Creek Preserve PO Box 107 Igo, CA  96047 Horsetownhccp@gmail.com 530 241-2026