National Public Lands Day Clean-up

From astronaut training sites to locations for epic movies, our public lands
have played an integral role in U.S. history. These lands belong to the American people, and can be
anything from a small playground downtown to a sprawling National Park. The size and scope of the land,
natural resources, and family and adventure activities is immense. Public lands are available for all
people to enjoy ? in every community ? and are our responsibility as well.

National Public Lands Day (NPLD) will take place on September 25, 2010, and is a project of the National
Environmental Education Foundation, is a chance to help keep our public lands beautiful.
Each year, thousands of Americans take part in NPLD, the nation?s largest hands-on volunteer effort to
improve and enhance the public lands. Last year, 150,000 volunteers participated at more than 2,000
locations across the country. Their efforts to build trails, remove invasive species, paint signs, beautify
landscaping, remove trash, etc. totaled millions of dollars in improvements.
NPLD is also a fee-free day in many federally managed lands. And volunteers who participate are given
coupons for second free entry into their favorite federal public land areas that have entrance fees.

The Pierre Area Chamber of Commerce Beautification committee will do a clean-up of La Framboise Island and Causeway on Thursday, September 30th from 6:00 p.m. to Dark. We?re in need of volunteers so if you are interested you can call Tony at 605-224-7361.