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Parks for free on National Public Lands Day

By Sara Benson, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
02:34 PM PDT, September 19, 2007

On Saturday, U.S. national parks and federal recreational areas are throwing a party for National Public Lands Day, and you'll be able to visit them for free, participate in special ranger-led outdoor activities and volunteer -- jobs like yanking out invasive plants, improving wildlife habitats, beautifying hiking trails, planting trees and more -- across the country.

Anyone who volunteers at Grand Canyon National Park that day will receive a free one-day pass for future use at any national park site (worth up to $25 at such places as Yellowstone or $20 at Yosemite and Sequoia & Kings Canyon). Info: National Public Lands Day, (202) 261-6462, www.publiclandsday.org.

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