LONE PINE, Calif. - The Alabama Hills Stewardship Group and the Bureau of Land Management's Bishop Field Office will sponsor a volunteer work day in the Alabama Hills on Feb. 13, the Saturday of the Presidents Day holiday weekend, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
"We will be performing trail construction and maintenance on the trail connecting Lone Pine and Whitney Portal," said Dave Kirk, Alabama Hills steward for the Bishop Field Office.
Participants should meet at the corner of Whitney Portal and Movie roads at 10 a.m. Please come prepared for outdoor work with gloves, hat and sunscreen. BLM will provide tools, trash bags and drinks. For further information, contact Kirk via email at dmkirk@blm.gov, or at (760) 876-6209.
The Bureau of Land Management in California manages 11 million acres of unique and diverse desert landscapes rich with recreational, environmental, cultural, historical and archaeological resources. For more information on opportunities to ‘Discover the Desert’ throughout California, please visit our website athttp://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/cdd/DiscovertheDesert/about.html.
Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management