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. Note from the Board, March, 2012 Dear Friend of Horsetown-Clear Creek Preserve, Lower Clear Creek continues to gain more trails and improved access to public lands. Additional benches, tables and toilet facilities have been added as well and more are planned. Horsetown-Clear Creek Preserve has just added a 24 foot pedestrian bridge on one of our trails. We have planned a number of interpretive events for your enjoyment this spring. Our first event is trail maintenance. Come out for some fresh air anytime and bring friends and family. Children are always welcome at our free events. Horsetown-Clear Creek Preserve has openings on our board of directors. If you or someone you know may be interested you can learn more by contacting us (see below) or by attending a board meeting at the Redding Library at 3:45 p.m. on the third Monday of the month. Please accept our heartfelt gratitude for your support of HCCP. Your use and enjoyment of the Preserve are the strength behind our advocacy. If you would like to make a monetary contribution, it can be sent to our contact address below. Our primary support is from individual contributions from the members and friends of HCCP. If you would like to be added to our mailing list and receive future editions of this letter and also our event calendar, please send us your e-mail address. Contact Information Horsetown-Clear Creek Preserve PO Box 107 Igo, CA  96047 Horsetownhccp@gmail.com 530 241-2026