Friends of the Lost Coast and BLM King Range’s Trailhead Hosts program organizes volunteers to engage Lost Coast visitors at Black Sands Beach and Mattole Campground on the weekends of highest summer usage – Memorial Day, July 4th, and Labor Day. Trailhead Hosts answer questions and share information about the King Range, beach safety, park rules/regulations, and Leave No Trace principles. As a special treat for this Memorial Day Weekend event, we’ll feature the experts from Leave No Trace, who will join as Trailhead Hosts (Friday 8am-11am @ Mattole Campground & Saturday 10am-1pm @ Black Sands Beach in Shelter Cove). Stop by the Leave No Trace booth during these windows to meet our guests and learn how practicing Leave No Trace can help keep the Lost Coast wild, safe, and sustainable.

The larger Trailhead Hosts Weekend runs 4 days, Friday, May 22 through Monday, May 25.  Volunteer shifts are 3 hours in length – 7-10am, 10am-1pm, 1-4pm – all days.  A free Communicating Leave No Trace workshop is offered for volunteers on Thursday, May 21 from 10:30am to 2pm. Email [email protected] for more information, to volunteer, or to register for the training.