National Historic Trails Interpretive Center
| Contacts: | Lesley Collins | |||
| 307-261-7603 |
Attention Kids: Help Decorate the Trails Center's Christmas Tree
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) National Historic Trails Interpretive Center (NHTIC) is looking for ornaments to decorate its Christmas tree.
Children are encouraged to bring ornaments to the NHTIC. Adult participants accompanying children will receive one free admission for each ornament. Children, 15 and younger, receive free admission year round.
The Christmas tree decorating will begin Nov. 26, 2010, and will last through Dec. 23. The NHTIC is closed Nov. 25, for Thanksgiving. “Our Christmas tree is over 10 feet tall and has a lot of bare branches,” said NHTIC Interpreter Alex Rose. “This a community effort to decorate our tree.”
For more information, contact Alex Rose at the NHTIC, (307) 261-7700.
The NHTIC is a part of the BLM's National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS). The areas of the NLCS are specifically designed to conserve, protect and restore the exceptional scientific, natural, cultural, ecological, historical, and recreation values of these treasured landscapes.
The NHTIC is a public-private partnership between the BLM and the National Historic Trails Center Foundation. The facility is located at 1501 N. Poplar Street, Casper, Wyo. The Center is currently operating on winter hours, and is open Tuesday - Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to 4:30. p.m.
The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land, the most of any Federal agency. This land, known as the National System of Public Lands, is primarily located in 12 Western states, including Alaska. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. In Fiscal Year (FY) 2011, recreational and other activities on BLM-managed land contributed more than $130 billion to the U.S. economy and supported more than 600,000 American jobs. The Bureau is also one of a handful of agencies that collects more revenue than it spends. In FY 2012, nearly $5.7 billion will be generated on lands managed by the BLM, which operates on a $1.1 billion budget. The BLM's multiple-use mission is to sustain the health and productivity of the public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations. The Bureau accomplishes this by managing such activities as outdoor recreation, livestock grazing, mineral development, and energy production, and by conserving natural, historical, cultural, and other resources on public lands.
National Historic Trails Interpretive Center 1501 North Poplar Street Casper, WY 82601