The Bureau of Land Management’s National Conservation Lands program, also known as the National Landscape Conservation System, covers more than 38 million acres across hundreds of federally designated units in the American West, including national monuments, national conservation areas, wilderness areas, wild and scenic rivers, and national scenic and historic trails. In the Eastern Sierra, BLM-managed public lands run along the Highway 395 corridor and include the Alabama Hills National Scenic Area near Lone Pine. The program offers public events and stewardship opportunities such as National Public Lands Day volunteer cleanups, outdoor skills and ethics workshops, and interpretive programs, often organized in partnership with local groups like Friends of the Inyo and the Eastern Sierra Interpretive Association.