Meadowood Special Recreation Management Area Celebrates NPLD September 24, 2016

Organization:

Bureau of Land Management

BLM Office:

Northeastern States

Sep 21, 2016

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Eastern States invites volunteers to help construct a fence to protect the Meadowood Special Recreation Management Area wetland area, September 24, as part of the National Public Lands Day (NPLD) annual celebration.

The event will take place at the Meadowood Special Recreation Management Area (MSRMA), 10406 Gunston Road, in Lorton, Virginia, from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Volunteers at Meadowood will join hundreds of thousands of fellow Americans at public land sites across the country to give back to the lands where we play, learn, exercise, and relax in celebration of the 23rd annual National Public Lands Day (NPLD) –the nation’s largest, single-day volunteer effort for public lands. Each year, NPLD volunteers provide tens of millions of dollars’ worth of services in one day that would otherwise take limited park staff months to accomplish. Last year, more than 200,000 Americans participated in NPLD events at more than 2,500 sites in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and Washington, D.C.

Through NPLD, BLM, volunteers, local partners and the National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF) works together to connect people to public lands in their community, inspire environmental stewardship, and encourage use of public lands for education, recreation and general health.

Come out and help us on this annual day to celebrate something we all share: our public lands! For additional information regarding the NPLD, please visit the volunteer.gov website and follow BLM, Eastern States on Twitter @BLM_ES, #NPLD. You may contact Theresa Jefferson, (703) 339-3467, email: tjeffers@blm.gov. More information on NPLD can be found at NEEF's website: NEEFusa.org/NPLD.

The public is encouraged to follow and participate in the environmental stewardship conversation on social media using the hashtag #NPLD.

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.