The long process of designing a formal public access to the Hearn Gulch Headlands and Beach while, at the same time, protecting the property's abundant environmentally sensitive habitat areas (ESHAs), is nearing a successful conclusion.

"Last winter, fierce storms ripped away parts of the stairs to Walk On Beach at The Sea Ranch. But the second of those storms also left hundreds of small stones, unlike any I have seen before or since, colored in shades of mauve, peach, purple and ivory, often swirled together in the same rock."

Hearn Gulch belongs to you, the public, for your ocean access pleasure.

Gualala artist Ron Bolander won RCLC's Environmental Award at the 2002 Art in the Redwoods Show.

You may wander or watch whales, whitecaps and whimbrels...when you walk alone or with friends along the Bluff Trail today. Tomorrow think about an Autumn 2003 extension from the Surf Motel south to Oceansong Restaurant.

Directly below the trail lies the Gualala River estuary and summertime lagoon, where the river meets the sea. Here is one of the best places along the coast to observe nature in action.