Last year about 175,000 volunteers participated in events at 2,132 sites in every state and Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. Volunteers collected an estimated 23,000 pounds of invasive plants; built and maintained an estimated 1,500 miles of trails; planted an estimated 100,000 trees, shrubs and other native plants; removed an estimated 500 tons of trash from trails and other places and contributed an estimated $18 million through volunteer services to improve public lands across the country.
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Friday, September 18, 2015
National Public Lands Day is Sept. 26; journalists encouraged to localize stories
Last year about 175,000 volunteers participated in events at 2,132 sites in every state and Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. Volunteers collected an estimated 23,000 pounds of invasive plants; built and maintained an estimated 1,500 miles of trails; planted an estimated 100,000 trees, shrubs and other native plants; removed an estimated 500 tons of trash from trails and other places and contributed an estimated $18 million through volunteer services to improve public lands across the country.
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education,
environment,
pollution,
public lands
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