Friends of the Lost Coast and BLM King Range’s Trailhead Hosts program organizes volunteers to assist BLM with engaging visitors at Black Sands Beach in Shelter Cove on the weekends of highest summer usage – Memorial Day, July 4th and Labor Day. Our Trailhead Hosts answer questions and share information about the King Range, beach…

Join FOLC and BLM on Saturday, July 5th from 9:30am to 12pm for our second Adopt-A-Beach Cleanup of 2025! Timed to occur the morning after Shelter Cove’s massive July 4th festivities, this is perhaps the most important beach cleanup of the year. FOLC will offer a limited number of $10/hr stipends for youth, ages 10-17…

2026 Camp Schedule: WEEK 1: June 22 thru 26 – 10am-4pm  4-6 year olds WEEK 2: June 29 thru July 3 – 10am-4pm  7-9 year olds WEEK 3: July 6 thru 10 – 10am-4pm  10-13 year olds WEEK 4: July 13 thru 17 – 10am-4pm  4-6 year olds WEEK 5: July 20 thru 24 –…

2026 Camp Schedule: WEEK 1: June 22 thru 26 – 10am-4pm  4-6 year olds WEEK 2: June 29 thru July 3 – 10am-4pm  7-9 year olds WEEK 3: July 6 thru 10 – 10am-4pm  10-13 year olds WEEK 4: July 13 thru 17 – 10am-4pm  4-6 year olds WEEK 5: July 20 thru 24 –…

2026 Camp Schedule: WEEK 1: June 22 thru 26 – 10am-4pm  4-6 year olds WEEK 2: June 29 thru July 3 – 10am-4pm  7-9 year olds WEEK 3: July 6 thru 10 – 10am-4pm  10-13 year olds WEEK 4: July 13 thru 17 – 10am-4pm  4-6 year olds WEEK 5: July 20 thru 24 –…

Friends of the Lost Coast, Sanctuary Forest and CA State Parks are teaming up again - on Sunday, July 26 from 10am-2pm - to remove invasive Tansy Ragwort from the coastal prairies of Sinkyone Wilderness State Park. Tansy Ragwort is a highly invasive weed that is lethal to deer and the park's prized Roosevelt elk…

2026 Camp Schedule: WEEK 1: June 22 thru 26 – 10am-4pm  4-6 year olds WEEK 2: June 29 thru July 3 – 10am-4pm  7-9 year olds WEEK 3: July 6 thru 10 – 10am-4pm  10-13 year olds WEEK 4: July 13 thru 17 – 10am-4pm  4-6 year olds WEEK 5: July 20 thru 24 –…

Join FOLC, Sanctuary Forest, and Blu Graham of Lost Coast Adventure Tours for this approximately 6 mile (one-way) interpretive hike from Horse Mountain Creek Trailhead to Black Sands Beach in King Range National Conservation Area. Showcasing the diversity of the King Range, you'll be treated to deep forests and grassy openings as we descend from…

Join FOLC & BLM King Range Manager, Paul Sever, on Thursday, August 27 for a pre-full moon hike to King Peak, highest point in King Range National Conservation Area and one of the tallest coastal peaks in the Lower 48 States! Meet at the BLM office in Whitethorn at 3:30pm to caravan to Lightning Trailhead…

Conservation History & Ecology of the King Range is the focus of installment #7 in Shelter Cove Arts & Recreation Foundation's 8-part nature/watercolor series, happening from 1 to 4pm on Saturday, August 29 at the Shelter Cove Community Clubhouse. Guest speaker, Justin Crellin, Executive Director of Friends of the Lost Coast, will discuss the history…