Whiskeytown National Recreation Area News

What lessons can be learned from the death of Andy Palmer? US Forest Service photo.

Whiskeytown National Recreation Area will begin the burning of handpiles this week and continue until completed, which may take several weeks.

National Park Service Park Ranger Amy Sakurada recently graduated from the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, Georgia on March 2009, and completed an extensive field training program at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area in California in May.

The boat launch and parking area at Whiskey Creek in Whiskeytown National Recreation Area will be closed to the public today and Sunday.

Friends of Whiskeytown and the National Park Service will host the 17th Annual Pick Up Lake Litter Day at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area starting at noon, Sept.

Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, as part of the National Park Service's Artist-in-Residence Program, is seeking professional artists to apply to participate in the 2010 residency program.

Student Conservation Association summer intents celebrate the completion of the trail segment through Papoose Pass.

The Whiskeytown National Recreation Area is about eight miles west of the city of Redding.

Park rangers are hosting a Volunteer Trail Day Friday to help construct a portion of the new Shasta Trinity Trail within Whiskeytown National Recreation Area.

The National Park Service at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area will host four artists from New York this summer as part of its Artist-in-Residence Program.

As temperatures zoom up, daily kayak tours help visitors cool down at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area west of Redding.

Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, in partnership with Forever Resorts, will offer free patio boat tours of Whiskeytown Lake as part of the national Free Fee Weekend on June 20-21. The tours will be offered every hour from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. during the weekend.