THIS YEAR'S NATIONAL PUBLIC LANDS DAY (NPLD) IS ON SEPTEMBER 26. Fee Free Entrance Day.
NEEF's National Public Lands Day is the nation's largest, single-day volunteer event for public lands. Established in 1994 and held annually on the fourth Saturday in September, the event brings out thousands of volunteers to help restore and improve public lands around the country. This year, the COVID-19 pandemic has upended many aspects of daily life in this country, and our public lands are no exception. Due to social distancing requirements remaining in place for the foreseeable future, many public lands sites will be unable to host large, in-person NPLD events. With this in mind, we are excited to announce we will be expanding the available options for volunteers during this year’s NPLD on September 26, 2020.
Virtual and In-Person Events for NPLD 2020
The theme for NPLD 2020 is "More Ways to Connect to Nature." In addition to our standard NPLD programming, this year's celebration will include virtual events designed to connect the public to iconic parks, national forests, marine estuaries, and other public lands sites. These online events will serve as an alternative for NPLD site managers who are uncomfortable with or are not allowed to host in-person events due to local regulations.
This does not mean we are abandoning in-person events. Public land sites that wish to host in-person events—in accordance with local rules and regulations regarding COVID-19—will still be able to register their event on the NEEF website.
Volunteer in your public lands to help the outdoors by doing a cleanup, performing trail work, habitat improvement, invasive species removal and more.
NPLD event registration is now open! Log in or sign up to register your event.
Fee-Free Entrance Day
In celebration of National Public Lands Day, this coming Saturday, September 26, has been designated as a Fee-Free Day(link is external) by the National Park Service and other participating federal agencies. This means that on National Public Lands Day, the fees to enter any of the National Park System’s 418 parks are waived. This also includes admission into sites managed by the Bureau of Land Management, the Department of Defense, US Army Corps of Engineers, US Fish and Wildlife Service, and US Forest Service.