Lost Coast Lectures
Wildlife Conservation on the Lost Coast
Local & regional experts in wildlife conservation were featured in this 4-part series, presented by Friends of the Lost Coast in partnership with BLM King Range.
Four approximately 60-minute lectures, plus Q&A were recorded between January 17 & February 13, 2024. Recordings are available at the links below and on our YouTube Channel.
Recorded 1/17/24
North Pacific Right Whale Q&A w/ Kevin Campion & Shawnecee Schneider
Featuring filmmakers Kevin Campion & Shawnecee Schneider
Recorded 1/30/24
Marine Mammal Research on the North Coast: Conservation & Community
Featuring Dr. Dawn Goley,
Professor Zoology, Cal Poly Humboldt
Recorded 2/7/24
40 Years of Salmon & Steelhead Monitoring in the Mattole
With Mattole Salmon Group's Nathan Queener & Richard Sykes
Recorded 2/13/24
Elk on California's North Coast: Research & Management
With Carrington Hilson (CDFW) & Micaela Szykman Gunther (CPH)
Geology & GeoEcology of CA & The Lost Coast
Local and CA geology and and geoecology were featured in this 2-part lecture series, presented by Friends of the Lost Coast in partnership with BLM King Range.
Two approximately 60-minute lectures – with Q&A at the end of each presentation – were recorded on March 22 & 29, 2023. Recordings are available at the links below and on our YouTube Channel.
Recorded 3/22/22
Kinematics of Mendo Triple Junction
Robert C. McPherson
Cal Poly Humboldt Geology Dept.
Recorded 3/23/23
GeoEcology of CA Serpentine
Hugh Safford
Research Ecologist w/ UC Davis
Lighthouses of Humboldt & The Lost Coast
The history and preservation of local lighthouses and the maritime culture they helped to foster on the Lost Coast were featured in this 2-part lecture series, presented by Friends of the Lost Coast in partnership with BLM King Range.
Two approximately 60-minute lectures – with Q&A at the end of each presentation – were recorded on January 24 & 31, 2023. Recordings are available at the links below and on our YouTube Channel.
Recorded 1/24/23
Lighthouses of
Humboldt County
Julie Clark
BLM Interpretive Ranger
Recorded 1/31/23
Cape Mendocino Lighthouse Takes Shelter In The Cove
Brenda McLaughlin
Historian, Cape Mendo. Lighthouse Preservation Society
Conserved Lands & Waters of the Lost Coast
Three distinct types of conservation found on the Lost Coast - National Conservation Lands, Marine Protected Areas & Tribal Protected Areas - were highlighted in this lecture series, presented by Friends of the Lost Coast in partnership with BLM King Range.
Three 60-minute lectures, with Q&A at the end of each presentation, were recorded on November 2, 9, and 17, 2022. Recordings are available at the links below and on our YouTube Channel.
Recorded 11/2/22
National Conservation Lands & The King Range
Bob Wick
Retired BLM staff/wilderness photographer
Recorded 11/09/22
Marine Protected Areas: Conserving the Waters of the Lost Coast
Calla Allison
ED of MPA Collaborative Network
Recorded 11/17/22
Tribal Protected Areas
of the Lost Coast
Hawk Rosales
Indigenous land & ocean defender
Marine Life of the Lost Coast Lecture Series
Experts in the fields of Zoology and the Biological Sciences were featured in the 2-part lecture series, Marine Life of the Lost Coast, presented by Friends of the Lost Coast in partnership with BLM King Range.
Two 60-minute lectures – with Q&A at the end of each presentation – were recorded on February 22 and March 1, 2022. Recordings are available at the links below and on our YouTube Channel.
Recorded 2/22/22
Fear & Corrosion on the Lost Coast:
Coastal Ecosystems & Climate Change in Northern CA
Dr. Paul Bourdeau
HSU Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
Recorded 3/01/22
Dr. Dawn Goley HSU Professor of Zoology & Director of the Marine Mammal Education & Research Program
Dr. Dawn Goley
HSU Professor of Zoology & Director of the
Marine Mammal Education & Research Program
Living With Fire Lecture Series
Experts in the fields of fire ecology, fuels management, and structural/landscape resiliency were featured in this three-part Living With Fire lecture series presented by Friends of the Lost Coast in partnership with the BLM King Range.
Three 60-minute lectures – with Q&A at the end of each presentation - were recorded on January 11, 18 and 26, 2022. Recordings are available at the links below and on our YouTube Channel.
Restoring Human Relationships With Fire In Northwestern California
Will Harling
Mid Klamath Watershed Council
Recorded on January 11, 2022
Fuels Management Strategies To Foster Fire Resilience on the Lost Coast
Jeffrey Kane
Professor Fire Ecology/ Fuels Mgmt
Recorded on January 18, 2022
Fire Hardening Your
Home & Homestead
Yana Valachovic
Forest Advisor UC Cooperative Ext.
Recorded on January 26, 2022
Birds of the Lost Coast Lecture Series
Seabirds of Humboldt County
Russ Namitz
BLM Wildlife Biologist
Recorded May 18, 2021
Birding 101
Ann Constantino - Birder/Photographer
Recorded May 4, 2021
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