DERT (Dune Ecosystem Restoration Team) Volunteer - Arcata

Location: Every 2nd Sunday BLM's Ma-le'l Dunes South; every 3rd Saturday at Humboldt Coastal Nature Center
Why Participate? Help remove non-native invasive plants in order to promote native plant and animal life in the dunes. No experience necessary. Training, tools are provided. All ages welcome!
Benefits: Refreshments, camaraderie, and beautiful scenery. Returning volunteers eligible for free t-shirts and hats.
More Information: Friends of the Dunes

Redwood Coast Jazz Festival volunteer - Eureka

Location: Five venues, downtown
Why Participate? 26+ years festival features local, regional, nationally known musical artists performing traditional jazz, blues, swing and zydeco music. Festival includes ticketed special events: Taste of Main Street, Wine & Jazz, Blues nights, Dance contests; free community concert.
Benefits: Festival tee-shirt, access to concerts
More Information: Redwood Jazz

Additional Resources

Lupine Bash - Arcata
Annual restoration day (9:30am-12:00pm) Lanphere Dunes Unit of the Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge, coordinated by Friends of the Dunes and US Fish & Wildlife Service (February)

California Coastal Commission - Coast
Annual fall coastal cleanup day, check area map for specific sites

Mendocino Land Trust - Mendocino
Schedules Hare Creek Beach cleanup monthly second Saturday clean ups, 9:00am-12:00pm, welcomes volunteers

Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods - Sonoma County
Welcomes volunteers (24 hours of volunteering receive parks day use passes); annual clean-up day (April)