National Public Lands Day 2024

Pitch in for Our Public Lands!

On National Public Lands Day we gather together around what we love most – our public lands. Join the Greenway Trust and partners for a day of stewardship and celebration!

Saturday, September 28, 2024
10 a.m. – 1 p.m. followed by a Cheers for Volunteers celebration at Dru Bru Cle Elum
Various sites throughout Upper Kittitas County (see below)

*Order your shirt by Sept. 6 to receive in time for the event!


Sign Up for a Volunteer Stewardship Project

We’re excited to be hosting a National Public Lands Day volunteer event for 2024 in Kittitas County! The multi-site cleanup effort will focus on rebuilding picnic tables, trail brushing, and clearing litter from campgrounds, trails, and beaches, with a “Cheers for Volunteers” celebration to follow at Dru Bru in Cle Elum. Registration required, limited space per activity – click on individual events below to sign up!

Beverly Campground Improvement Work Party

Install and repair picnic tables and fire rings, remove fallen trees, and spiff up old signs!

Deroux Camp and Esmerelda Trailhead Work Party

Install and repair picnic tables and fire rings, remove fallen trees, spiff up old signs, and maintain equestrian facilities.

Teanaway Guard Station & Stafford Creek Work Party

Stain and seal the historic guard station cabin, firewise the property, install new picnic table and fire ring, dismantle rock fire pits.

Speelyi Beach Work Party

Dismantle unauthorized rock fire pits, collect trash from the beach, and beautify the day use area.


Celebrate Stewardship in the Cle Elum and Teanaway Valleys

Here in the Greenway, we are lucky to have nearly one million acres of publicly conserved land to explore and recreate within. In Kittitas County, 70% of the land is publicly-owned and managed by the United States Forest Service, the Washington Departments of Natural Resources and Fish and Wildlife, Bureau of Land Management, and Kittitas County, with collaborative support from partner nonprofits, businesses, and community members.

On this National Public Lands Day, the largest single-day volunteer effort on public lands, we put away our maps and we take out our work gloves to do what the Greenway Trust loves most – stewardship.


Cheers for Volunteers Afterparty

After volunteering, celebrate a great day of giving back together with us at Dru Bru in Cle Elum. Volunteers will receive a free drink token (non-alcohol options available) and a raffle ticket for Greenway merch!

Order a Special Edition NPLD Shirt!

We are selling NPLD 2024 t-shirts, long sleeve shirts, and sweatshirts, with all profits directly supporting our mission to conserve and enhance the Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area.

Please note that orders placed after Sept. 6, 2024 are not guaranteed to arrive by event day.