The National Park Service is celebrating National Public Lands Day with free entrance to all national parks Saturday. The 20th annual event is to encourage people to volunteer on public lands and enjoy the outdoors, according to a press release from the National Park Service.
Volunteers will receive an additional one-day pass for free entry to any participating federal public land to use anytime within the year.Other federal agencies will waive fees, including the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the Bureau of Reclamation, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Forest Service.
Participating parks are the following:
Arches National Park – Moab
Bryce Canyon National Park – Bryce Canyon
Canyonlands National Park – Moab
Capitol Reef National Park – Torrey
Zion National Park – Springdale
Visit nps.gov for more information on participating parks.