Late last month, a group from the Moab Friends for Wheelin’ worked with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and other volunteers to build fencing, restore native vegetation, install signs, mark routes and clean up trash along the Behind the Rocks four wheel drive road south of Moab. The volunteer work was completed Sept. 25 as part of National Public Lands Day activities.
For several years, the Moab Friends for Wheelin’ have celebrated National Public Lands Day by installing fences, building kiosks, maintaining trails and providing information to tourists on responsible trail use in the Moab area. Past projects include work on the Metal Masher Jeep route and a large parking and fencing project on Kane Creek Road.
National Public Lands Day (NPLD) is the nation’s largest hands-on volunteer effort to improve and enhance the public lands Americans enjoy. In 2009, 150,000 volunteers built trails and bridges and restored our water resources. They also removed an estimated 900,000 pounds of trash, build and maintained an estimated 1,320 miles of trails, and planted over 100,000 trees, shrubs, and other native plants.
Moab Friends-For-Wheelin’, founded in 2005 is a Moab-based four-wheel-drive club that promotes fun and responsible four-wheel drive recreation. The group works closely with the BLM and other local agencies to maintain and restore local off-road trails. The club is also active in community service projects. They have worked with many other organizations: including the Moab Valley Humane Society, The Nature Conservancy, and Moab’s Alpine to Slickrock Ultra Marathon.
Anyone interested in volunteering or working with Moab Friends for Wheelin’ on other projects can learn more at moabfriendsforwheelin.com/.
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