BLM-Utah Thanks National Public Lands Day Volunteers

Contact:  Erin Darboven 801-243-0004

Salt Lake City, Utah—October 20, 2008—The Bureau of Land Management, Utah, Salt Lake field office is grateful to the volunteers who donated 150 hours, equaling nearly five thousand dollars worth of labor. Volunteers representing the 4-Wheel Drive Association and the Boy Scouts of America participated in National Public Lands Day events that took place on Sept. 27. The two groups also donated heavy equipment for the projects.

In Tooele County these groups accomplished the following; 1,800 shrubs were planted as part of the Emergency Stabilization and Rehabilitation Fire project, as well as one mile of fence was removed from the White Rocks Road.

In Utah County, Nine tons, 30 yards of trash was removed at the Five-Mile Pass Special Recreation Area; including a vehicle that had been salvaged and cut into pieces.

National Public Lands Day is the nation’s largest hands-on volunteer effort to improve and enhance the public lands.  In 2008, 120,000 volunteers built trails and bridges, removed trash and invasive plants and have planted over 1.6 million trees.

For more information or to learn more about volunteer opportunities checkout www.publiclandsday.org.