Spring is a perfect time for planting, so come stock up on native plants for your garden at Friends of the Lost Coast’s Native Plant Sale & Garden Celebration on Sunday, April 16 from 10a.m. to 4p.m., weather permitting.  The nursery has a wide selection of flowering native annuals, perennials, shrubs, trees and grasses available…

Celebrate Earth Day by helping to steward our local public lands on Saturday, April 22 from 10a.m. to 2p.m. in Shelter Cove. Join Friends of the Lost Coast and BLM King Range National Conservation Area for fun, the satisfaction of service work, and free lunch for volunteers. Service projects take place at Mal Coombs Park,…

Those who enjoy walking Shelter Cove’s beaches and are interested to contribute to the conservation of local marine mammals are invited to join Friends of the Lost Coast and Dr. Dawn Goley, Director of Cal Poly Humboldt’s Stranded Marine Mammal Monitoring Program, for a volunteer training on Saturday, April 29 from 10am to 2pm. The…

Are you interested in public lands and want to help keep them pristine? If so, this Leave No Trace training is for you! Entitled, Effective Communication of Leave No Trace Principles, this free training, offered by the Bureau of Land Management and conducted by a trainer from the Leave No Trace Center, will be on…

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.

Punta Gorda is a favorite Lost Coast destination that offers stunning coastal scenery, an historic lighthouse, and a thriving elephant seal colony. On Sunday, May 7 join Mattole Restoration Council and Friends of the Lost Coast for an interpretive hike with BLM Archaeologist, Sharyl Kinnear-Ferris; and Dr. Dawn Goley, Professor of Zoology at Cal Poly…

Local trail enthusiasts are invited to join Friends of the Lost Coast for a Trail Stewards workday at Tolkan Campground in the King Range on Sunday, May 14 from 10a.m. to 2p.m., weather permitting.  Tools will be provided and participants are encouraged to bring their own snacks, water, and gloves, plus dress in layers and…

Gardening with native plants is easy, lends natural beauty to your garden, and makes pollinators happy! Join Friends of the Lost Coast for a Native Plant Sale and Garden Work Party on Sunday, May 21, from 10a.m. to 1p.m. at the Lost Coast Education Center in Whitethorn. You can choose to work with us in…

Invasive plant removal at Black Sands Beach is the focus of this month’s BLM/Friends of the Lost Coast work party in Shelter Cove. On Sunday, May 21, volunteers are invited to lend a hand in stewarding their public lands by removing a variety of invasive plant species from this popular destination. The event runs from…

Friends of the Lost Coast'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, park rules/regulations, and Leave No…