MORENO VALLEY, Calif. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area in Imperial County will be fee free from Fri., Jan. 15 through Mon., Jan. 18, 2016, in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) holiday weekend. Permits will not be required to enjoy the sand dunes recreation area.
The BLM El Centro Field Office and the United Desert Gateway support group will also be partnering to host the 19th Annual MLK Dunes Cleanup event on Sat., Jan. 16. Registration will begin at 8:00 a.m. at the following locations:
North Dunes: Glamis Flats (main stage area), Gecko Road, Oldsmobile Hill, Roadrunner, Wash Road South Dunes: Gordon's Well (main stage area), Buttercup (vender row), Midway, Ogilby Camp (past the tower towards the south)
Lunch and prize giveaways is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. at the following locations:
North Dunes: Glamis Flats South Dunes: Gordon's Well
For more information contact the BLM El Centro Field Office, (760) 337-4400 or Charla Teeters, (760) 337-4155, charla@uniteddesertgateway.org.
Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
