Getting Started

Thousands of volunteers in every state will put their hands to work on Saturday, September 26, 2009 in a coast-to-coast effort to improve and enhance our treasured lands. From Plymouth Rock to the Golden Gate, the Tallgrass Prairie, the Rockies, the Rio Grande—volunteers will join this national day of caring for their lands.

Volunteers will build bridges and trails, improve habitat for wildlife, plant trees, remove invasive plants that threaten fragile natives, protected natural, historic and cultural resources—and much more. Volunteers will work in parks and forests, at rivers, lakes, and wetlands, at cultural and historic sites and in their own neighborhoods.

How to get involved:

• Use the interactive map to find a work site near you.
• Contact a federal, state or local land manager to learn what you can do to organize a National Public Lands Day event to involve your community.
• Join local Girl Scouts, or Boy Scouts, conservation and environmental organizations for a day of working and learning on public lands. Call a local chapter or organization to get details.
• Do you enjoy taking photographs? Participate in the annual National Public Lands Day photo contest