Public invited to participate in National Public Lands Day
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LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. – The Bureau of Land Management is partnering with Lake Havasu City to celebrate the 25th National Public Lands Day on September 29. The public is invited to take part in a volunteer service project from 8 a.m. – 10 a.m. at SARA Park. In an effort to enhance communities and improve public lands, projects will include numbering fiberglass signs, stocking the kiosk with informational fliers, painting trash cans and bike racks, raking the grounds and installing new signs.
National Public Lands Day began in 1979, with BLM as one of the original sponsors, and is now the nation’s largest single volunteer day. Hundreds of thousands of volunteers will participate at over 21,000 sites in every state, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Last year, volunteers contributed over 680,000 volunteer hours, an estimated $17 million, in improvements to federal, state and local public lands.
All volunteers must be pre-registered by September 21, 2018. Those who show up without pre-registering are welcome to enjoy the SARA Park trails and education booths, but will not be able to participate in the effort of the National Public Lands Day event at the trailhead.
To register for the event, please visit the city’s website at www.lhcaz.gov/volunteers, click “Register to Volunteer” to open the form and select “Community Beautification” as the area of interest. After completing the registration form, you will receive an email to begin the volunteer sign-up process.
For more information or if your organization is interested in having an educational booth at the event, please contact Sabrina Bice, 928-505-1222 or sbice@blm.gov.
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.