Cleanup And Restoration Work Planned Statewide For Wyoming National Public Lands Day
It may be a down the calendar a bit, but coming up on September 26, Wyoming is celebrating National Public Lands Day and there are ways that you can jump into action and come together your friends, family, and neighbors to be a part of the day.
Wyoming State Parks, along with Wyoming Office of Outdoor Recreation, and Wyoming State Trails are putting together 24 separate events for you get your hands dirty and help keep Wyoming, well, Wyoming. The events are spread across the state, so no matter where you happen to be on the 26th, you can participate. To add to the appeal, all entrance fees will be waived for the day.
- Bear River State Park
Month-Long
Event: Identify Noxious Weeds
@ Bear River Shelter - Bighorn Basin Outdoor Recreation Collaborative
September 19 from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Event: Trail Construction
@ Rainbow Canyon Interpretive Site - Bighorn Basin Outdoor Recreation Collaborative
September 12 from 8 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Event: Salt Lick Trail Construction
@ Salt Lick Trailhead - Boysen State Park
September 26 from 10 a.m.
Event: Weed Pull
@ Lower Wind River Shelter - Buffalo Bill State Park
September 26 from 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Event: Plant a Tree
@ Park Headquarters - Cloud Peak Outdoor Recreation Collaborative
September 26 from 9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Event: Trail Work - RSVP Required
@ Cutler Hill Parking Area - Curt Gowdy State Park
September 26 from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Event: Birdbox Cleanout
@ Visitor Center - Edness Kimball Wilkins State Park
September 26 from 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Event: Remove Invasive Plants
@ Platte River Shelter - Fort Bridger State Historic Site
September 26 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Event: Building White Wash
@ Fort Bridger Main Parking Lot - Hawk Springs State Recreation Area
September 26 from 9 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Event: Hawk Springs Clean-Up
@ Dock Ramp - High Plains Outdoor Recreation Collaborative
September 26 from 12 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Event: Campsite Clean-Up
@ Esterbrook Campground - Hot Springs State Park
September 26 at 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Event: Clean-Up
@ Big Spring - Lincoln Uinta Outdoor Recreation Collaborative
September 26 at 10 a.m. - 3 p.m
Event: Beaver Dam Restoration
@ Leavitt Creek - Medicine Lodge State Archaeological Site
September 26 from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Event: Site Clean-Up
@ Red Barn/Office - Mountain Man Outdoor Recreation Collaborative
September 26 from 3 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Event: NPLD Celebration
@ American Legion Park - Park County Outdoor Recreation Collaborative
September 26 from 8:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Event: Fence Repair - RSVP Required
@ Oregon Basin Divisional Fence - Seminoe State Park
September 26 at 10 a.m.
Event: Shoreline Clean-Up
@ North Red Hills HQ - Sinks Canyon State Park
September 26 from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Event: Park Clean-Up
@ Visitor Center - Southeast Wyoming Outdoor Recreation Collaborative
September 26 from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Event: Roger Canyon Clean-Up - RSVP Required
@ Washington Park Otto Dahl Shelter - Southeast Wyoming Outdoor Recreation Collaborative
September 26 from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Event: Trail Maintenance - RSVP Required
@ Washington Park Otto Dahl Shelter - Sweetwater County Outdoor Recreation Collaborative
September 12 from 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Event: Fence Repair
@ Rock Springs BLM Office - Teton County Outdoor Recreation Collaborative
September 26 from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
River Clean-Up
@ Diversion Dam Access - Wind River Outdoor Recreation Collaborative
September 19 from 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Event: Erosion-Control Structure Building - RSVP Required
@ Strawberry Meadow, East of Atlantic City, WY - Wyoming Territorial Prison State Historic Site
September 26 from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Event: Clean-Up & Exhibit Prep
@ Gift Shop
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