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Dear NPLD Site Managers, Partners and Volunteers:
June is officially National Great Outdoors Month. Public lands throughout the nation are celebrating by hosting educational fairs, volunteer activities and organizing recreation events to highlight how amazing being in the outdoors can be.
As a part of National Get Outdoors Month, consider starting a summer-long volunteer project that supports recreation and improves access to public lands. Summer-long volunteer projects can culminate on National Public Lands Day, September 24th.
If you are a site manager, consider registering an event for NPLD today. We've recently redesigned our website to give our site managers more tools and resources to promote their event online. We've also improved the registration process.
We hope that everybody has a good kickoff to summer celebrating National Great Outdoors Month. We look forward to seeing you outside.
Get out there!
Robb Hampton
Director, National Public Lands Day |
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States Show Their Support for NPLD
Five States Have Signed Memorandums of Mutual Support | |
With four months left before NPLD, five states have signed Memorandums of Mutual Support (MMS) with NPLD. A state park MMS encourages volunteerism and participation in NPLD from the park system. NPLD supports state parks by offering free tools and resources to host volunteer events on NPLD.
State park systems that formally support NPLD include:
Over 240 state parks participated in last year's NPLD. We are looking to increase that number by involving more state park systems in NPLD. NPLD is a great way to increase community involvement in state parks.
If you would like more information on developing an MMS with NPLD, contact Tracey Adams, senior program associate at 202-261-6479 or tadams@neefusa.org.
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| Save the Date! Social Media Webinar - July 13 | |
National Public Lands Day (NPLD) is hosting its first webinar of the year on July 13 at 3 p.m. EST. The webinar will focus on how site managers can use social media - twitter, facebook, flickr and other social media websites - to attract new visitors to their park and volunteer events. It will be fun, informative and free. 
The social media webinar is the first in a summer-long series of webinars focused on supporting NPLD site managers and Friends Groups. Look out for future webinars on tradtional media, planning NPLD events and ways that Friends Groups can improve their financial structure.
The webinar sign-up and updates will be posted on the NPLD Webinar Calendar as they become available.
If you have any questions about this webinar or the future webinar calendar, visit the NPLD website or email Jessica Jones, NPLD program coordinator, at jjones@neefusa.org. |
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NPLD Volunteer Project Wins Award
Award Recognizes Efforts to Preserve Historic Military Lands | |
National Public Lands Day, the U.S. Marine Corps and the Marine Corps Base Quantico were award recipients of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation's Chairman's Award. The award recognizes achievements in historic preservation.
Marine Corps Base Quantico helped restore the archeological and natural resources of a historic Civil War camp highlighted on the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register of Historic Places. NPLD volunteers helped restore the site and install erosion controls.
NPLD thanks the Advisory Council of Historic Preservation for supporting public land volunteers and the U.S. Marine Corps for their continuing work to revitalize cultural and natural resource sites.
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Site of the Month
Restoring the Barton Creek Greenbelt Trail with the Austin Parks Foundation | |
The Austin Parks Foundation, with support from the city of Austin, the Hill Country Conservancy and other partners, started an ambitious project last September to restore the Barton Creek Greenbelt Trail.
The project is fueled by the hard-work of hundreds of volunteers who helped out at over 15 volunteer work days including NPLD 2010 and National Trails Day. The Barton Creek Greenbelt Trail project is expected to be completed this December and serve as a signature recreation trail right in the heart of Austin.
The Austin Parks Foundation celebrates National Public Lands Day each year and it has turned into one of their largest volunteer celebrations. This year, over 250 people are expected to help pull invasive species, landscape and pick up trash on the trail and the surrounding public land. Visit their NPLD event page for more details.
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The National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF) provides knowledge to trusted professionals who, with their credibility, amplify messages to national audiences to solve everyday environmental problems. Together, we generate lasting positive change.
NEEF partners with professionals in health, education, media, business and public land management to promote daily actions for helping people protect and enjoy the environment. Through our primary programs- Classroom Earth, National Public Lands Day, National Environmental Education Week, Business and Environment, Earth GaugeŽ, and Health and Environment- we offer Americans knowledge to live by. To learn more, call (202) 833-2933 or visit www.neefusa.org.
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National Sponsor | |
Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc. operates under a Global Earth Charter which was set forth to promote environmental responsibility for every aspect of the company and significantly reduce the impact that Toyota's vehicles have on the planet.
In line with their commitment to environmental responsibility, Toyota has sponsored the National Public Lands Day program for 13 consecutive years. They have also sponsored Tour Grants and the Every Day Grants.
Toyota encourages employees to get involved in NPLD activities by helping to care for parks, forests, rivers, beaches, shorelines and other public lands. Read more about Toyota's strong commitment to the environment and their support of National Public Lands Day.
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Corporate Sponsor
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Northrop Grumman Corporation is a leading global security company whose 120,000 employees provide innovative systems, products, and solutions in aerospace, electronics, information systems, shipbuilding and technical services to government and commercial customers worldwide.
Through its partnership with National Public Lands Day, Northrop Grumman employees across the nation will join together to improve and enhance public lands, supporting the company's corporate responsibility efforts in embracing green initiatives and translating values into action. |
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Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts | |
NPLD has a special partnership with both the Girl Scouts of the USA and the Boy Scouts of America.
Scouts are invited to get involved with National Public Lands Day by volunteering at a local park, forest or other public land.
NPLD is an excellent opportunity to educate Boy and Girl Scouts about the natural world while engaging them in the outdoors. Register now.
If your Scout troop registers online with NPLD, they will receive volunteer certificates and Girl Scouts may be eligible to earn the Get with the Land patch.
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Fee Free Day |
National Public Lands Day is a fee free day on many federally managed lands. Volunteers who participate on National Public Lands Day at federal land sites are rewarded with coupons for free entry into their favorite federal public land areas. |
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About NPLD | |
National Public Lands Day is the nation's largest hands-on volunteer effort to improve America's public lands. NPLD began in 1994 with three federal agencies and 700 volunteers. |
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