Celebrate National Public Lands Day at Five Springs Falls
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CODY, Wyo. – The Bureau of Land Management Cody Field Office will partner with the community at the Five Springs Falls Campground on Saturday, Sept. 14, for a shared conservation stewardship project in celebration of National Public Lands Day.
Volunteers are invited to spend the day with BLM staff repainting parking barriers, cleaning out fire rings, adding gravel to campsites, marking and clearing trail, repairing wash-outs, and staining picnic tables and benches.
“Events like this are valuable both to the community and to public lands,” said BLM Outdoor Recreation Planner Rick Tryder. “I hope volunteers take the day to enjoy the great outdoors and camaraderie of the community.”
Participants will meet at 9 a.m. in the lower campground parking lot of Five Springs Falls, located 22 miles east of Lovell along U.S. Highway 14A. Wear good work shoes or boots and bring work gloves, lunch and water. Volunteers will receive a National Public Lands Day t-shirt.
National Public Lands Day began in 1994 with three sites and 700 volunteers. In 2018, 113,055 volunteers contributed 452,220 hours on service projects at 1,176 sites across the country.
For more information, contact Tryder at 307-578-5900 or rtryder@blm.gov. For more information about NPLD visit www.publiclandsday.org or www.facebook.com/nationalpubliclandsday. Tweet about your NPLD experience on Twitter with the hashtag #NPLD or @PublicLandsDay.
The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land located primarily in 12 western states, including Alaska, on behalf of the American people. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. Our mission is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of America’s public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations.