Spring is a perfect time for planting, so come stock up on native plants for your garden at Friends of the Lost Coast’s special Mother's Day Celebration & Native Plant Sale on Sunday, May 12 from 10a.m. to 3p.m., weather permitting.  The nursery has a wide selection of flowering native annuals, perennials, shrubs, trees and…

Exploring fuels reduction and fire as a natural element in our ecosystem, on the weekend of May 18 & 19 Friends of the Lost Coast & BLM King Range are pleased to host the King Range Fire Campout in King Range National Conservation Area. Based out of the Bureau of Land Management’s Tolkan Campground on…

Join Miss Taylor, FOLC's Environmental Education Coordinator, at the Lost Coast Education Center in Whitethorn for a Family Activity Day!  Open from 10:30am to 1:30pm on Saturday, May 18, the event will feature a variety of fun and educational natural science activities for the whole family.  Rotating activities from our Garden Curriculum will be offered…

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 Miss Taylor, FOLC's Environmental Education Coordinator, at the Lost Coast Education Center in Whitethorn for a Family Activity Day!  Open from 10:30am to 1:30pm, the event will feature a variety of fun and educational natural science activities for the whole family.  Rotating activities from our Garden Curriculum will be offered throughout the event and…

Tap into your creativity with two free Garden Illustration Workshops led by Jenna Catsos, the illustrator behind Pen+Pine.  The original workshop, from 10 to noon on Sunday, June 2 filled quickly, so a second workshop was just added from 1 to 3pm!!! During these workshops at the Lost Coast Education Center in Whitethorn, Jenna will…

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. Email [email protected] for more information or to RSVP.

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. Snacks and tools provided. Rain cancels. Email [email protected] for more information or to register for a youth stipend – $10/hr for ages 10-17.

Experience the candelabra redwood trees and coastal vistas of the Peter Douglas Trail on Saturday, June 22 with your hosts, Sanctuary Forest and Friends of the Lost Coast. Located near Usal Campground on BLM's soon-to-be acquired Lost Coast Redwoods property, this acquisition adds 7.3 miles of coastline and nearly 3300 forested acres to the conserved…

2024 Camp Schedule: WEEK 1: June 24 thru 28 - 10am-4pm  10-13 year olds WEEK 2: July 8 thru 12 - 10am-4pm  7-9 year olds WEEK 3: July 15 thru 19 - 10am-4pm  4-6 year olds WEEK 4: July 22 thru 26 - 10am-4pm  4-6 year olds WEEK 5: July 29 thru August 2 -…