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Volunteer In the National Parks This Saturday for National Public Lands Day

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September 21, 2010

Come Saturday morning, thousands of Americans will head to public lands across the country to pull invasive species, plant trees, clear trail, paint, mulch and build bird boxes. Volunteers will contribute millions of dollars in improvements to public lands ranging from local schoolyards to national forests. As a supporter of the National Park System, we invite you to volunteer this Saturday for National Public Lands Day.

National Public Lands Day is the nation’s largest one-day volunteer event for public lands. It began 17 years ago at two sites and has since expanded to more than 2,300 public land locations in every state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and Guam. National Public Lands Day is supported by eight different federal agencies, state park systems, the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, and hundreds of local and community parks.

This year, more than 100 national parks are hosting events for National Public Lands Day. Volunteers can choose from a wide range of projects, from a beach clean-up at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore to balloon recovery at Joshua Tree National Park and trail repair along the Appalachian Trail.

Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens in Washington, D.C., and Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site in Atlanta are the two National Park NPLD signature events featuring dignitaries and special events.

If you are interested in participating on National Public Lands Day, visit www.publiclandsday.org to find a site near you. Below is a list of all the national parks hosting events on Saturday, September 25. Visit www.publiclandsday.org to learn more.

National Public Lands Day is sponsored by Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.

National Parks Hosting National Public Lands Day Events
(Alternate dates are in parentheses)

Alabama: Russell Cave National Monument
Alaska: Sitka National Park
Arizona: Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Casa Grande Ruins National Monument and Grand Canyon National Park
Arkansas: Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site
California: Cabrillo National Monument, Channel Islands National Park, Franklin Canyon, Golden Gate National Parks, Joshua Tree National Park, Point Reyes National Seashore, Whiskeytown National Recreation Area and Yosemite National Park (Sept 22)
Colorado: Colorado National Monument, Lackawanna Wetland/Silverton Colorado and Rocky Mountain National Park
Connecticut: Weir Farm National Historic Site
District of Columbia: Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens and President's Park
Florida: Biscayne National Park, De Soto National Memorial, Everglades National Park and Naval Live Oaks
Georgia: Chattahoochee River NRA, Fort Pulaski National Monument and Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site
Guam: American Memorial Park and War in the Pacific National Historic Park
Hawaii: Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Idaho: Craters of the Moon National Monument, Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument and Nez Perce National Historic Park
Iowa: Effigy Mounds National Monument and Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
Kentucky: Mammoth Cave National Park
Louisiana: Cane River Creole National Historic Park
Maryland: Carderock Climbing Area, Glen Echo Park, Greenbelt Park, Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine, Fort Washington Park, Hampton National Historic Site and Monocacy National Battlefield
Massachusetts: Boston Harbor Islands and Lowell National Historic Park
Michigan: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Minnesota: Crosby Farm Regional Park, Mississippi National River and Recreation Area and Pipestone National Monument
Missouri: George Washington Carver National Monument and Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield
Nebraska: Niobrara National Scenic River
Nevada: Lake Mead National Recreation Area
New Mexico: Bandelier National Monument and Carlsbad Caverns National Park
New York: Fire Island National Seashore, Fort Wadsworth, Gateway National Recreation Area in Staten Island and Jamaica Bay and Sagamore Hill National Historic Site.
Ohio: Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Oregon: Oregon Caves National Monument
Pennsylvania: Delaware Gap National Recreation Area, Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site, Independence National Historic Park and Valley Forge National Historic Park
Puerto Rico: San Juan National Historic Site
South Dakota: Jewel Cave National Monument
Tennessee: Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Stones River National Battlefield
Texas: Amistad National Recreation Area, Big Bend National Park, Big Thicket National Preserve, Lake Meredith National Recreation Area and San Antonio Missions National Historic Park
Utah: Timpanogos Cave National Monument and Zion National Park
Virginia: Appalachian Trail – Denton Shelter, Appomattox Court House National Historic Site, Colonial National Historic Park, George Washington Memorial Parkway (Sept 28), Daingerfield Park along the George Washington Memorial Parkway, Great Falls Park, Manassas National Battlefield Park, Petersburg National Battlefield, Prince William Forest Park and Shenandoah National Park
Washington: Mount Rainier National Park and Whitman Mission National Historic Site (Sept 20-24)

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