Join Friends of the Lost Coast for an inspiring evening of environmental action and film, as the Wild & Scenic Film Festival On Tour makes its annual return to the Arcata Theatre Lounge on Sunday, November 8. The night will showcase 10 custom-selected films – unique to this Arcata presentation – plus live music, a silent auction, tasty food & drink from the Arcata Theatre Lounge kitchen/bar, and a party celebrating Friends of the Lost Coast’s 10th year presenting the Wild & Scenic Film Festival On Tour in Humboldt County!
Doors open at 6pm, with films at 7pm. View on-demand tickets are also available. All proceeds from this event directly support FOLC’s environmental education, stewardship, youth & citizen-science programs, and public lands advocacy.
Founded by a group of community-minded nature lovers in 2000, Friends of the Lost Coast originally partnered with staff at the King Range National Conservation Area to bring interpretive information about the local Lost Coast region Conservation Lands to the public. Early projects included natural science fairs and the movie, Lost Coast Adventures, which teaches safety and stewardship to visitors. Since then, they have grown to include many more partners and great programs.
FOLC runs the Lost Coast Nature Center, a place for students and the community to engage in the natural world while learning about sustainable gardening practices, water conservation, and the benefits of mimicking nature in their own landscapes.
The Lost Coast Trail Stewards & Trailhead Hosts programs organize FOLC volunteers to assist BLM King Range with trail maintenance projects and engaging visitors on busy summer weekends. Shelter Cove Workdays offer the community a monthly opportunity to help steward popular coastal accesses points. The Shelter Cove Invasive Plant Program (SCiPP) is a supplemental program to their Shelter Cove Workdays, bringing the Shelter Cove community together to remove invasive plants from their own neighborhoods while helping preserve the natural biodiversity of King Range National Conservation Area.
The Shelter Cove Adopt A Beach program features 3 major coastal cleanup days – generally on Earth Day, the morning after July 4th, and in conjunction with the annual CA Coastal Cleanup Day event in September. Additionally, FOLC partners with Cal Poly Humboldt, BLM King Range, and citizen-scientists in their local community to conduct systematic stranded marine mammal monitoring of beaches in Shelter Cove and the southern Lost Coast region.
Friends of the Lost Coast’s Executive Director Justin Crellin says, “It is our largest annual fundraising event and an important outreach opportunity to connect the community with the organization and our programs/services. It’s a great chance for us to highlight the work of Friends of the Lost Coast and connect with supporters (both new and old) in a different part of the county than our usual service area.”
