Lost Coast Trail Stewards Workday – Low Gap Trail

Local trail enthusiasts are invited to join Friends of the Lost Coast for a Trail Stewards workday in the King Range on Sunday, February 5 from 10a.m. to 2p.m., weather permitting. The workday plan is still TBA, but the group will meet at Low Gap Trailhead on King Peak Rd at 9:45a.m. Tools will be…

Native Plant Garden Volunteer Work Party

Lost Coast Education Center and Native Plant Garden 768 Shelter Cove Rd, Whitethorn, CA, United States

Join us in the Native Plant Garden at the Lost Coast Education Center in Whitethorn for our Third Sunday of the month volunteer work party! Please bring your own water and snacks. Tools will be provided. Rain cancels. RSVP required. Email [email protected] for more information or to RSVP.

Shelter Cove Workday – Mal Coombs Park

Cape Mendocino Lighthouse at Mal Coombs Park - Shelter Cove 1176 Lower Pacific Dr, Shelter Cove, CA, United States

Join Friends of the Lost Coast and BLM for a day of service at Mal Coombs Park in Shelter Cove from 10a.m to 1p.m. Work will consist of weeding and planting in the native plant gardens surrounding the lighthouse. Bring your own water and a snack. Gloves and tools provided. Rain cancels. To RSVP email…

Native Plant Garden Volunteer Work Party

Lost Coast Education Center and Native Plant Garden 768 Shelter Cove Rd, Whitethorn, CA, United States

Join us in the Native Plant Garden at the Lost Coast Education Center in Whitethorn for our First Thursday of the month volunteer work party! Please bring your own water and snacks. Tools will be provided. Rain cancels. RSVP required. Email [email protected] for more information or to RSVP.

Cancelled! Sinkyone Broom Bash #1

Sinkyone Wilderness State Park CA, United States

This event was cancelled on 3/1/23 due to the closure of Needle Rock Road and winter weather conditions.  CA State Parks, Sanctuary Forest, and Friends of the Lost Coast are teaming up on Saturday, March 4 from 10a.m.-1p.m. to remove French broom and other invasive species in Sinkyone Wilderness State Park. Tools and gloves will…

Lost Coast Trail Stewards Workday

Nadelos Campground

Local trail enthusiasts are invited to join Friends of the Lost Coast for a Trail Stewards workday in the King Range on Sunday, March 5 from 10a.m. to 2p.m., weather permitting. The workday plan is still TBA, but the group will meet at Nadelos Campground on Chemise Mountain Rd. Tools will be provided and participants…

Native Plant Garden Volunteer Work Party

Lost Coast Education Center and Native Plant Garden 768 Shelter Cove Rd, Whitethorn, CA, United States

Join us in the Native Plant Garden at the Lost Coast Education Center in Whitethorn for our Third Sunday of the month volunteer work party! Please bring your own water and snacks. Tools will be provided. Rain cancels. RSVP required. Email [email protected] for more information or to RSVP.

Spring Lecture Series- Kinematics of the Mendocino Triple Junction

Online only

Local geology, soils ecology and related topics will be the feature of FOLC's Spring Lecture Series.  Presented via Zoom, the series kicks off Wednesday, March 22nd from 6p.m. to 7p.m, and will feature Robert C. McPherson, of Cal Poly Humboldt's Geology Department.  In his talk, Kinematics of the Mendocino Triple Junction, Bob will discuss how…

Shelter Cove Workday – Black Sands Beach

Black Sands Beach 865 Beach Rd, Shelter Cove, CA, United States

Join Friends of the Lost Coast and BLM for a day of service at Black Sands Beach in Shelter Cove from 10a.m to 1p.m. Work will consist of weeding and planting in the native plant gardens at the national monument site, located the west end of the Black Sands Beach parking area. Bring your own…

Spring Lecture Series – … Ramblings on the GeoEcology of CA “Serpentine”

Online only

Continuing our Spring Lecture Series on geology, soils ecology and related topics, part 2 in the series will be presented via Zoom from 6:30p.m. to 7:30p.m. on Wednesday, March 29th.  It features Hugh Safford, Research Ecologist with UC Davis and Chief Scientist of Vibrant Planet, presenting, Vegetation Ecology, Patterns of Plant Species Diversity and Endemism,…