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BLM Utah plans events statewide for National Public Lands Day

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A group of volunteers in blue shirts stand with trash picked up from public lands.

National Public Lands Day is September 28, and BLM Utah is looking forward to a day of stewardship, partnership, and giving back to your public lands!

We have opportunities for everyone across the state to get their hands dirty and provide some TLC to public lands. For additional information about these projects, please contact your local field office or visit the links below.

West Desert District

  • Saturday, Sept. 28 – West Mountain shooting cleanup
    • 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
    • W 10400 S, Payson, UT 84102 in the parking area at the BLM kiosk
    • Join The Bureau of Land Management West Desert District as we work to clean up a popular dispersed target-shooting area near Payson, Utah, on National Public Lands Day. Work will include collecting and sorting micro-trash and disposing of small litter and large debris. Please come prepared with sun protection, long pants and shirts, appropriate footwear, and plenty of water! We will have water on-site, but West Mountain is highly exposed- there is little to no shade in the project area. A limited quantity of work gloves will be available for use.
    • https://www.neefusa.org/npld/west-mountain-utah/west-mountain-cleanup-national-public-lands-day

Shotgun shells litter the ground in a high desert.

 

Green River District

  • Friday, Sept. 12 – Seed capsule creation
    • 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
    • 170 S. 500 East, Vernal, UT 84078
    • Participants will create Seed Capsules using potting soil, clay and seed mix. The capsules will be allowed to dry and will be stored at the BLM office until all danger of early germination has passed. The second part comes later in the fall. The dried seed capsules will be transferred to the John Jarvie Historic Ranch Pollinator Plot. The Seed Capsules will be dispersed by throwing them out into the roadside habitat where the clay will break down with the winter snow and the potting soil will provide a microenvironment for the seeds to have a good start, thereby increasing diversity of the habitat for bees, butterflies and other important pollinators.
    • https://www.neefusa.org/npld/pariette-wetlands-and-john-jarvie-historic-ranch-pollinator-plot/seed-capsules