America’s Best Idea – the national
parks – gets even better this year with several fee-free days at more than 100
national parks that usually charge entrance fees*.
Mark your calendar for fee-free days this year:
April 17-25, 2010 - National Park Week
June 5-6, 2010
August 14-15, 2010
September 25, 2010 - Public Lands Day
November 11, 2010 - Veterans Day
National Public Lands Day
National Public Lands Day is celebrated annually at various sites in the United
States on a Saturday in late September. An initiative of the National
Environmental Education Foundation, it promotes both popular enjoyment and
volunteer conservation of public lands.
Three federal agencies and 700 volunteers launched the first National Public
Lands Day in 1994. By 2007, participation grew to 110,000 volunteers at 1,300
sites across the country. In addition to the waiver of fees on National
Public Lands Day in many federally managed lands, volunteers who participate at
federal land sites are rewarded with coupons for free entry into their favorite
federal public land areas that have entrance fees.