News Release

 

For Immediate Release: October 8, 2002

Contact: Heidi Anderson (760) 872-5002

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Local Residents Invited To Improve Their Backyard

 

Local folks in the eastern Sierra are invited to join thousands of others across the country volunteering to cleanup the land.  The Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service are hosting cleanup and planting projects in the Bishop area on October 19, 2002, in honor of National Public Lands Day.  The Access Fund, Leave No Trace, and the National Public Lands Foundation are sponsoring the projects. 

 

Volunteers are asked to meet by 9:00 a.m. at one of two staging areas, depending on your interests.  At the Pleasant Valley Bowl Campground, the BLM-Bishop Field Office is coordinating a campground cleanup, planting native vegetation, and road restoration.  At the Upper Buttermilks, the Inyo National Forest is coordinating a cleanup project and the posting of USFS/DWP boundary signs.  Volunteers are asked to bring water, gloves, snacks, sunscreen, hat and sturdy shoes.   If available, bring a shovel or rake.  The projects will conclude by 1:00 p.m.

 

For more information about these events, please contact Scott Justham or Heidi Anderson of the BLM Bishop Field Office at (760) 872-4881, or Julie Molzahn of the Inyo National Forest at (760) 873-2462.  Pleasant Valley Bowl Campground is located 6.5 miles north of Bishop off Highway 395.  Turn right onto Pleasant Valley Road and follow the signs. The turnoff for the campground is 0.9 miles on the left.  The Upper Buttermilk area is located 7.7 miles west of Bishop off Highway 168.  Turn right on the Buttermilk Road and drive 3.5 miles to the parking area.  

 

National Public Lands Day brings thousands of volunteers throughout America together to refurbish and restore the country's public places.  These are the lands and facilities that Americans use for outdoor recreation, education, and enjoyment.  They encompass national parks, monuments, wildlife refuges, deserts, forests, grasslands, marine sanctuaries, lakes and reservoirs managed by federal agencies, but belonging to, and enjoyed by everyone.  Last year, nine federal agencies and 85 state and local partners supported the efforts of 65,000 volunteers at 375 sites throughout the country.  This year's theme is "Explore America's Backyard." 

 

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Bishop Field Office, 785 N. Main St. Suite E, Bishop, CA  93514