Volunteers sought for National Public Lands Day cleanup at National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center
Organization
BLM Office:
Media Contact:
BAKER CITY, Ore. – As part of the 2018 National Public Lands Day celebration, the Bureau of Land Management’s National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center is seeking volunteers to help improve the site on Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018. Connecting kids to public lands connects them to America’s natural and cultural heritage.
This is a fee-free day for all visitors to the site. To volunteer, contact Kelly Burns at 541-523-1836 or k3burns@blm.gov.
Work will begin at 9 a.m. Volunteers will help mitigate invasive species, cut back overgrown vegetation on trails, spread gravel, remove debris from trails, and pick up litter. Some participants will also paint or reseal outdoor benches, or mark trails.
Participants will be served lunch and receive a coupon good for free access to a Department of Interior-managed fee site, such as NHOTIC or Crater Lake National Park. The first 35 volunteers will also receive a commemorative T-shirt. After lunch and the presentations, families will be free to explore the center and site the rest of the afternoon.
National Public Lands Day is the nation’s largest, single-day volunteer effort for public lands and brings together hundreds of thousands of individual and organizational volunteers to help restore America’s public lands.
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.