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Media Clips - NPLD 2009 in the News

March 3, 2010: Girl Scouts Shine on National Public Lands Day. U.S. Forest Service Success Story Blog.

Nov. 11, 2009: National Public Lands Day Fall Clean-Up A Big Success in Alabama! U.S. Forest Service Success Story Blog.

Nov. 11, 2009: National Publics Lands Day a Success Across the Forest. Shawnee National Forest is proud of the work done by volunteers. US Forest Service Success Story Blog.

Oct. 15, 2009: Reserves Participate in National Public Lands Day. National Estuarine Research Reserve System. News and Calendar.

Oct. 1, 2009: Salazar pays surprise visit to clean-up area. Conejos County Citizen.com. Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar celbrates National Public Lands by visiting Colorado BLM site.

Sept. 29, 2009: Friends of Gold Butte Blog. Video of National Public Lands Day 2009 Work Party.

Sept. 29, 2009: Missoula volunteers work together to celebrate public lands. Montana Kaimin.

Sept. 29, 2009: Cape volunteers help clear a mile of new path along the Ozark Trail. Southeast Missourian.

Sept. 28, 2009: Volunteers help keep nature beautiful. University News, University of Missouri-Kansas City.

Sept. 27, 2009: Local volunteers plant trees, pick up trash on Public Lands Day. New Signs Educate Public on Forest Health. Summit Daily News, Colorado.

Sept. 27, 2009: Prize Winners at NPLD. Wyandotte County Lake Park Trails Blog. Kansas City, Kansas.

Sept. 25, 2009: Hundreds expected for cleanup effort near Station fire burn area. LA Times.

Sept. 25, 2009: National Public Lands Day Saturday September 26: Do a good deed outdoors in the Bay Area. The Examiner.

Sept. 24, 2009: Outdoor Volunteerism. Kojo Nnamdi Show, WAMU.com

Sept. 21, 2009: On the New Orleans Mow-Rons and Public Lands Day. The Huffington Post. Trust for Public Lands President Will Rogers Blogs about National Public Lands Day and a New Orleans Project.

Sept. 13, 2009: National Public Lands Day: SAGA to coordinate with U.S. Forest Service to work on Dredge Lake Trail on Saturday. Juneau Empire.com

Sept. 4, 2009: BLM Celebrates National Public Lands Day at 14 Sites in California. The Taft Independent.

Sept. 2009. National Public Lands Day Photo Journal. Palm Beach Post.com.

Sept. 2009: More than 90 Corps sites will participate in Public Lands Day 2009. US Army Corps of Engineers.

 

News Articles and Blogs

 

Radio Public Service Announcements

The 2009 Radio PSAs, narrated by Marvin Kalb, are now available:

 

Broadcast Coverage

Spotlight on...The Environment, Trivue Entertainment / PBS

A five-minute educational film that highlights National Public Lands Day volunteers working in Massachusetts and California. A site manager in Virginia describes the recreational opportunities on military lands and encourages participation in the annual workday.

 

National Public Lands Day at Salato Wildlife Center, Frankfort, Kentucky


Hiking trails, footbridges, wetland restoration, wildflower gardens, and a few blisters are the result of incredible volunteerism during National Public Lands Day at the Salato Wildlife Center in Kentucky's capital city of Frankfort. In this edition of Kentucky Afield Radio, we go into the woods with NPLD national sponsor, Toyota, and countless other workers for a behind the scenes look at what the public can now see everyday.

 

Robb Hampton, NPLD Director, discusses NPLD 2008 on 98.7-FM the Globe

 


2008 Public Service Announcements

Download the full scripts of the PSAs here.

 

Print PSAs

Below are two downloadable, printable, public service announcements.


There's a special joy in getting our hands dirty when it helps keep our land beautiful.

 Get down and dirty for America
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