National Public Lands Day (NPLD) is the nation's largest, single-day volunteer effort for public lands. On NPLD more than 175,000 volunteers and park visitors celebrated at more than 2,100 public land sites in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. NPLD began in 1994 with three sites and 700 volunteers. It proved to be a huge success and became a yearly tradition, typically held on the last Saturday in September. Since the first NPLD, the event has grown by leaps and bounds. In 2014, about 175,000 volunteers worked at 2,132 sites in every state, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. NPLD 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 Contributed an estimated $18 million through volunteer services to improve public lands across the country.

Events took place all across Oregon and Washington. Thanks to all the volunteers that came out to help improve our Nation's public Lands!

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