The Alabama Hills Stewardship Group and the Bureau of Land Management’s Bishop Field Office will sponsor a cleanup of the Alabama Hills on Saturday, Oct. 3, to prepare the hills for the Lone Pine Film Festival on Oct. 9 - 11.
This event also honors National Public Lands Day.....a way to give back to your public lands.
Please meet at 8 a.m. at the Lone Pine McDonalds for a volunteer orientation breakfast courtesy of McDonalds or at Movie Road and Whitney Portal Road at 9 a.m. Please bring gloves, hat and sunscreen. BLM will provide tools, trash bags and rakes. After the cleanup, refreshments will be provided. For further information, contact Chris Langley, Inyo County film commissioner, at (760) 937-1189, or Jim Jennings, BLM outdoor recreation planner, at (760) 872-5027.
National Public Lands Day is the largest annual coast-to-coast, single-day volunteer restoration effort for America's public lands. The purpose of this event is to improve the recreational facilities, preserve the biological and heritage resources, and foster public involvement in the stewardship of public lands.