September 27, 2007

by Katherine Boyle, LandLetter
From the sidewalks of inner-city Milwaukee to Alaska’s rugged White Mountains, thousands of volunteers will pick up litter, clear trails and repair fences to celebrate National Public Lands Day this Saturday.
Last year, nearly 100,000 volunteers across the country came out to help care for the federal, state and local lands that make up more than one-third of the United States’ territory. When the program began in 1994, there were 700 participants.
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