Steelhead Beach Regional Park | Aug. 3-8, 2022

Steelhead Beach Regional Park is located on the Russian River outside of Forestville, CA. Favorite summertime activities at the park include swimming, tubing, and barbecuing. It is also a popular year-round destination for fishing, birding, and wildlife viewing. Impacts at Steelhead Beach include group use impacts, human waste impacts, trash, water resource impacts, and more. For the Hot Spot activation, the Subaru/Leave No Trace Team will be at Steelhead Beach leading a variety of workshops, outreach programs and community events, including opportunities for community involvement. Check back for more information as we work to finalize dates and program offerings.

*Steelhead Beach Regional Park is located on the ancestral lands of the Southern Pomo, Graton Rancheria, and possibly other tribes*

Solutions

During the Hot Spot activation, the Subaru/Leave No Trace Team led a variety of workshops, outreach programs and community events at Steelhead Beach Regional Park. This included collaborating with Sonoma County Regional Parks (SCRP) to address the impacts happening at Steelhead Beach. Many of these efforts supplement the partnership between the Leave No Trace organization, Sonoma County Tourism, and Sonoma County Regional Parks as the wider county implements Leave No Trace in many areas that complement traditional outdoor recreation. The Hot Spot reached 246 people with stewardship education and activated volunteers and successfully conducted 5 educational programs over 5 days, 2 beach clean ups and a kayak river clean up.