National Public Lands Day is the nation’s largest single-day volunteer effort for public lands. As part of the INDOT Cares initiative, agency employees volunteered their time today to help maintain trails, paint structures, clean lakes and various other projects.
“INDOT Cares brings our statewide team together to do what we can to make Indiana an even better place to live, work, and raise families,” said INDOT Commissioner Joe McGuinness. “State Parks are an incredible resource for all Hoosiers so we’re excited to help out in making these special places look their best. I am grateful to the Department on Natural Resources for providing us this opportunity to give back to our communities.”
More than 100 INDOT employees volunteered their time for National Public Lands Day. Employees removed invasive plants, picked up litter, cleaned and widened trails, pulled weeds, painted signs and repaired erosion at 10 state parks.
“Volunteering is a great team building activity for businesses and organizations,” said Jody Heaston, State Park Volunteer Coordinator. “The state parks are thankful INDOT chose us as a place to do this. We will get lot of work accomplished with a group of people.”
State parks participating with INDOT Cares include, Chain O’ Lakes, Prophetstown, Ouabache, Shades, Summit Lake, Mounds, Fort Harrison, Potato Creek, Clifty Falls and Patoka Lake.