Saturday, September 25, 2010
National Public Lands Day is the nation’s largest hands-on volunteer effort to improve and enhance the public lands Americans enjoy. In 2009, an estimated 130,000 volunteers showed up to plant trees, build trails, remove trash and complete other important projects at 2,000 public land sites across the nation.
Citizens, land managers and local communities who participate in National Public Lands Day build upon the magnificent and lasting legacy of the Civilian Conservation Corps to improve publicly held lands for greater enjoyment and enrichment of all Americans.
In 2009 volunteers focused on protecting the vast network of streams, rivers, lakes and other wetlands that traverse America’s public lands. They will help preserve our nation’s waters by restoring wetlands, monitoring water quality, preventing stormwater run-off and erosion, cleaning up trash from shorelines and learning valuable water conservation techniques.
National Public Lands Day is sponsored for the eleventh straight year by Toyota Motor Sales USA, Inc. and partners with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of Defense, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service and USDA Forest Service along with state, county, city and other local land management agencies.
