Punta Gorda is a favorite Lost Coast destination offering stunning coastal scenery, an historic/recently renovated lighthouse, and a thriving elephant seal colony – and, on Saturday, May 10, join Friends of the Lost Coast & BLM King Range for this Summer Hike Series kickoff!  Featuring Dr. Dawn Goley, Professor of Zoology at Cal Poly Humboldt;…

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 11 from 10a.m. to 3p.m., weather permitting.  The nursery has a wide selection of flowering native annuals, perennials, shrubs, trees and…

Join FOLC, Sanctuary Forest and CA State Parks for this free birding hike with Tess McGuire in Sinkyone Wilderness State Park. We'll learn about meadow, shore, and forest birds found along this remote stretch of coastline, plus talk about their nesting and parenting habits. Spanish translation will be provided by Erika Granadino, interpreter with CA…

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 Cape Mendocino Lighthouse, plus invasive plant removal in the surrounding area. Meet 10am at Mal Coombs Park,…

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…

FOLC & BLM are excited to host a free lecture at the Shelter Cove Community Clubhouse on Friday, May 23 with Dr. Dawn Goley, Cal Poly Humboldt Professor of Zoology and Director of the Stranded Marine Mammal Monitoring Program.  In this lecture, she will highlight the work of/data collected by the Shelter Cove Community Hub…

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, BLM and Dr. Dawn Goley, Director of Cal Poly Humboldt’s Stranded Marine Mammal Monitoring Program, for a volunteer training on Saturday, May 24. The training will start…

Join Friends of the Lost Coast and the Bureau of Land Management for this special Geo-Ecology of Red Mountain hike in the South Fork Eel River Wilderness, a little-visited BLM holding east of Leggett. Featuring BLM Geologist, Sam Flanagan; local ecologist, Kyle Keegan; and local resident, Jeff Hedin; the hike will highlight the unique serpentine…

Join us in the Native Plant Garden at the Lost Coast Education Center in Whitethorn for our First Sunday 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, to RSVP, or to register for a youth stipend.

On Saturday, June 7, ahead of the 119th anniversary of the Antiquities Act (June 8, 1906), communities across the country will unite to show support for our monuments, parks and public lands.  Advocates and enthusiasts will gather at national monuments and other beloved public lands - and on the Lost Coast, we'll be supporting this…