SPECIAL EVENTS, ENTRANCE FEES WAIVED THIS SATURDAY AT LAKE MEAD FOR
NATIONAL PUBLIC LANDS DAY
LAS VEGAS – America’s national parks will be celebrating National Public
Lands Day, Saturday, September 26 with a day of service and celebration by
hosting special events and waiving entrance fees. Lake Mead National
Recreation Area is inviting volunteers and visitors to experience their
park and catch a free sneak preview of Ken Burns’ new documentary “The
National Parks: America’s Best Idea” premiering on PBS on September 27.
Over 100 volunteers are expected to participate in two events on Saturday,
a clean-up at Boulder Harbor and a restoration project at the visitor
center.
“This is America,” a 45-minute film by Ken Burns that compliments his “The
National Parks: America’s Best Idea” series will be shown every hour
beginning at 9 a.m. in the visitor center theater. The park will also be
featuring short films about Lake Mead National Recreation Area produced by
students from Bailey Middle School.
Free refreshments will be provided courtesy of Western National Parks
Association. All items in the visitor center bookstore will be discounted
15 percent.
Those interested in participating in any of the Lake Mead volunteer events
can sign up online through Wednesday at
http://www.getoutdoorsnevada.org.
After Wednesday contact Barbara Sharp at (702) 293-8717 or
Barbara_Sh
...@nps.gov.
National Public Lands Day is the only time that entrance fees are waived
systematically on public lands throughout the country where fees are
typically charged. Other federal agencies participating and offering free
admission on Saturday include the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the
Bureau of Land Management, the Bureau of Reclamation, the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers, and the U.S. Forest Service.
The fee waiver only applies to entrance fees and does not include lake use
fees and other recreational use fees.
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