What you can do to help our national public lands

National Public Lands Day is the nation’s largest, single-day volunteer event for public lands.  Held annually on the fourth Saturday in September, it’s also a “fee-free day”, meaning your entrance fees are waived at national parks and other public lands.…

Free admission to your favorite national park

It all started in 1864, when Congress donated Yosemite Valley to California for preservation as a state park. Eight years later, in 1872, Congress reserved the  Yellowstone country in the Wyoming and Montana territories as a public park.  Since the territories…