Volunteers Welcome for National Public Lands Day Event near Redding
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REDDING, Calif. – Volunteers are welcome to help clean up public lands along the Clear Creek Greenway south of Redding, when the Bureau of Land Management and its partners celebrate National Public Lands Day, Saturday, Sept. 24.
Participants will meet at 9 a.m. at the Horsetown Clear Creek Preserve Trailhead on Clear Creek Road about 7 miles west of the junction with State Highway 273. Work teams will clean up trash and debris, remove graffiti from rocks, repair hiking trails, replace damaged signs and remove invasive weeds. A barbecue lunch will follow the workday at 2 p.m.
Tools, gloves and eye protection will be provided. Volunteers should wear clothes suitable for outdoor work, including sturdy closed-toed shoes. Hats and sunscreen are strongly recommended.
Anyone interested can sign up by calling the BLM Redding Field Office, (530) 224-2100.
The event is being organized by the BLM, Horsetown Clear Creek Preserve and the Western Shasta Resource Conservation District.
National Public Lands Day, now in its 23rd year, is the nation's largest single-day event focused on improving public lands. Organized by the National Environmental Education Foundation, the event provides opportunities for people to celebrate their public lands through volunteering.
This year's NPLD events coincide with special observances for the BLM. The agency celebrates its 70th birthday in October, and also observes the 40th anniversary of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act, a federal law that provided direction for the BLM to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of America’s public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations.
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.