No parking fee at Eagle Falls trailhead Saturday in honor of National Public Lands Day

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – National Public Lands Day (NPLD) is on Saturday, September 28 and in the Lake Tahoe Basin it will be celebrated by the parking fee being waived for the day at the Eagle Falls Trailhead.

The USDA Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (LTBMU) manages approximately 78 percent of the public land in the Tahoe Basin. They will continue to the celebration of NPLD through the weekend of October 5-6 when they host a booth at the Fall Fish Festival at Taylor Creek in South Lake Tahoe. This time is also the 50th anniversary of Desolation Wilderness.

Stop by the Taylor Creek Visitor Center during the festival and learn more about year-round volunteer opportunities on National Forest Systems lands, ranging from maintaining wilderness campsites and trails to administrative work in the wilderness volunteer office.

In addition, talk with Forest Service wilderness rangers about the rich history and current topics within our own backyards and participate in wilderness activities, such as learning how to use a cross-cut saw!

The Taylor Creek Visitor Center is located on Highway 89 approximately three miles northwest of the City of South Lake Tahoe. As a reminder, no food or drinks are allowed at the visitor center during the festival.

This year marks the 25th anniversary of NPLD, which was established by the National Environmental Education Foundation and has grown from just a handful of volunteers to over a quarter of a million participants. NPLD is an excellent opportunity for the public to work side-by-side with public land managers and their partners on activities that range from trail maintenance to planting trees, picking up trash and more. Learn more about NPLD at www.neefusa.org/npld.