Groundbreaking for the Expansion of Jawbone Station Visitor Center

CANTIL, Calif., Aug. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Friends of Jawbone will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for the expansion of the Jawbone Station Visitor Center on Thursday, September 2, at 11:00 a.m. at the facility located on Highway 14 approximately 20 miles north of the town of Mojave at 28111 Jawbone Canyon Road, Cantil, California.

The ceremony initiates the addition of an educational wing that will house additional interpretive displays along with a multi-purpose room to facilitate onsite programs and presentations. A second work center building will also be constructed to provide staff and volunteers needed workspace during field operations intended to help manage, maintain, and enhance the recreational opportunities of the public land resources found throughout the region.

Guest speakers for the ceremony will include BLM California Desert District Manager Teri Raml, Kern County Supervisor and Friends of Jawbone charter member Don Maben, and Friends of Jawbone president Ed Waldheim.

"Jawbone Station plays an important roll not only for visitors, but also for the communities of East Kern County," states Ed Waldheim, president of Friends of Jawbone. "As recreational use of the area grows, so must Jawbone Station. Friends of Jawbone has worked long and hard planning for this expansion and we are grateful to all who support what we do for this unique and spectacular area."

Funding the project are grants from the Federal Highway Administration Recreational Trails Program and the Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program of the California Department of Parks and Recreation, Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Division, as well as matching funds from the BLM and Friends of Jawbone.

The concept of the Jawbone Station Visitor Center originated in 1986 as a solution for the need of greater agency presence in the region to better serve public land visitors and to further public land management goals. Since the fall of 1995, when the facility first opened, it has become a popular stop for visitors coming to the region as well as those just passing through which has caused the facility to exceed current capacity. Ceremony organizers invite the public to participate and to also make plans to spend the Labor Day holiday weekend in the spectacular Jawbone area.

For more information, contact the Jawbone Station Visitor Center at (760) 373-1146.

SOURCE Friends of Jawbone