Alaska State Parks officials in Haines are hoping residents will turn out to celebrate National Public Lands Day by helping extend improvements along Battery Point Trail on Saturday.

Volunteers should show up at 9 a.m. at the trailhead at the end of Beach Road Extension. Participants under age 18 are required to have signed parental or guardian permission.

Parks technician Jon Gellings said the work party aims to put out as much as 10 yards…