The National Park Service will waive entrance fees on Saturday, September 27, in conjunction with the celebration of National Public Lands Day.

As part of this annual event, Yellowstone National Park is looking for volunteers for two work projects that will take place in Lamar Valley, which is located in the rugged northeast portion of the park.

Volunteers will participate in either trailhead restoration work at the Lamar River Trailhead or fence construction work at the historic Lamar Buffalo Ranch. Work will take place from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m., and includes obliterating social trails, delineating an actual trail, planting native vegetation, building a fence, and/or moving a fence. The work in either project is strenuous, requiring the use of hand tools including shovels, posthole diggers, and picks, lifting heavy timbers and bags of rock, and working at high altitudes and in variable weather conditions.

Spokesman Al Nash says space is limited to 30 participants. Volunteers are asked to register by September 20 and to state a choice of project if you wish.

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