Thank You, Desert Monsters Tours

We would like to thank everyone at Desert Monsters Tours for continuing their sponsorship of Natural Restorations & for their commitment to ensuring the land we drive on remains as wild & breathtaking as it is today for decades to come! ⁠

Desert Monsters Tours became a Sponsor of Natural Restorations in April 2018 & we are grateful for their commitment to our mission!⁠ ⁠⁠In addition to sponsorship, they also donate gift cards to our annual Salty Saguaro Classic!

Every time you book a tour with them, they will donate a portion of the proceeds to us. ⁠We recently had a blast with our Dedicated Restoration Team & their wives experiencing a sunset tour the day before Thanksgiving in celebration of our 10-year anniversary & recently hitting the 2 million pounds of trash removed milestone! ⁠

It was such a cool experience, Megan was a fantastic tour guide, & we couldn’t stop smiling the entire time! ⁠It's so much fun to experience the Sonoran Desert this way! ⁠

We are proud to partner with organizations that are committed to helping us restore Arizona’s outdoor spaces and provide restoration work in nature to Military Veterans on our Dedicated Restoration Team.⁠

Thanks again to everyone at Desert Monsters Tours for investing in Arizona’s outdoor spaces & helping us put our mission into action every day.⁠ ⁠

Thank You, REI Cooperative Action Fund

Have you heard about the REI Cooperative Action Fund? The Fund is a community-driven nonprofit founded by REI that directly supports organizations creating more accessible and inclusive outdoor spaces and places for everyone. You can learn more at REIfund.org.⁠

We are proud to announce we are an REI Cooperative Action Fund⁠ grantee! Grant funds will be used towards restoration projects across Arizona's outdoor spaces, primarily graffiti removal projects.

Thank You, SRP!

We would like to thank everyone at SRP for awarding us a corporate contribution of operating support & a grant to support our 8th annual Green Friday Cleanup Event! We are extremely proud to continue our partnership with SRP & we are grateful for their support! ⁠⠀⁠⁠

As a community based, nonprofit public power utility, Salt River Project makes corporate contributions to nonprofit organizations that provide programs and services which meet the needs of their customers and enhance the quality of life we enjoy. They are steadfast in their commitment to partner with nonprofit organizations that provide meaningful and beneficial programs to their customers and community. ⠀⁠⠀⁠⁠⠀⁠

Thank you, SRP, for recognizing the value of the restoration programs we provide! We are excited to continue our relationship and provide volunteer opportunities for SRP employees and their families.⁠

Over 2 Million Pounds of Trash Removed!

2 MILLION+ POUNDS OF TRASH REMOVED! We hit a huge milestone on Halloween, 10/31/25, we have removed over 2 million pounds of trash from Arizona’s Outdoor Recreation & Wilderness Areas! We hit 1 million pounds of trash removed on 05/18/20 & it seems fitting that we hit 2 million pounds the same year we hit our 10-year anniversary! ⁠

Our Dedicated Restoration Team has removed 1,203,742 pounds (601+ tons) of trash and volunteers have helped us remove 803,843 pounds (402+ tons) of trash! ⁠Thank you to everyone on our Dedicated Restoration Team, everyone who has volunteered with us, and our Sponsors & Grantors!⁠

Thank you to all the organizations both past & present that have helped support our mission! And to the organizations currently Sponsoring us or managing a grant we are working on, thank you so much! We hit this milestone because of your commitment & support! ⁠

Thank you to the Arizona Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Recreation Fund administered by Arizona State Parks & Trails. Thank you, AZ 4Runner Outsiders, AC Infinity, Arizona Plasma, Arizona Rock Products Association, AZ Toy Pros, Arizona Wholesale Growers, Arizona Wilderness Brewing Co., Beer Barn, Desert Monsters Tours, Icon Vehicle Dynamics, Illuminated Funds Group, Native Resources, No Snow Standup Paddle Boards, OdySea Aquarium, Resolution Copper, Saguaro Lake Guest Ranch, SRP, State 48 Overland, Stellar Adventures, Victory 4x4, Visit Mesa, Wild West Off-Road Recovery, & Yamaha Outdoor Access Initiative.

Thank you to all of the land management agencies that believe in our work & help us accomplish our mission! Thank you, US Forest Service Tonto, Coconino, Apache Sitgreaves, & Kaibab National Forests, & Arizona State Land Department. ⁠

While this is a proud moment for our organization, it's also disturbing knowing there was over 2 million pounds of trash in natural spaces to begin with & we still have work to do across the state! Please make a responsible plan for your trash any time you recreate outdoors & help educate others to do the same.⁠

Veterans Day, Honoring All Who Served

We want to thank veterans for their selfless service and sacrifice. We honor you today and everyday! ⁠

We are deeply honored & humbled to work side-by-side with veterans on our Dedicated Restoration Team every day! Thank you to the vets on our team for continuing a life of service & dedicating yourself to restoring, preserving, & protecting outdoor spaces across Arizona with us! ⁠

Veterans are the heart of our organization & the reason for our founding. We have provided 27,254 hours of restoration work in nature to military veterans on our team & we’ve completed 224 projects together.⁠

We are grateful for their dedication to our mission & every project we work on, the stories they share, the bonds we create spending time in nature together, & the fun times we have working extremely hard to make positive impacts on Arizona. ⁠

Thank you to every veteran who has been part of our mission, we are grateful for all of you!⁠ ⁠

Over the summer, we hosted 4 military veteran-specific water-based Lower Salt River Cleanup events to provide a way for local veterans to meet other vets who share their love of nature. ⁠

If you are hiring right now, particularly in nature settings, please reach out to the veteran community.⁠ ⁠

We encourage you to take time to reach out to the veterans in your life and let them know you're thinking about them! Bring them out to an event with us! ⁠

Thank You, Verderia

We would like to thank everyone at Verderia for becoming a Sponsor of Natural Restorations! We are grateful for their commitment to our mission!⁠

Verderia is an Arizona-based and registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to environmental protection and restoration. They align with Natural Restorations' mission of keeping natural areas clean and restoring outdoor spaces across Arizona. ⁠Click HERE to learn more about Verderia.⁠

Thank you, Verderia, for your support of our mission and Arizona’s outdoor spaces!⁠

Donate to the Tonto National Forest Through Natural Restorations

Would you like to donate & directly help support the Tonto National Forest? We are honored to announce that you can now donate to the Tonto Donation Fund through Natural Restorations and have your funds directly support projects that benefit the Tonto National Forest, as well as help the Tonto Forest Service purchase supplies and contract crews for projects on the Tonto.

Click HERE to donate! This is going to help greatly speed up project & supply request response times, meaning more work is going to get done in a shorter amount of time!

We worked with the Tonto Forest Service to model the Tonto Donation Fund after the Sedona Red Rocks Trail Fund. They gather donations toward the maintenance & enhancement of the National Forest trails in & around Sedona & the Village of Oak Creek. For 11 years, they have been raising funds to support the National Forest in their area & we're excited to do the same for the Tonto.

Natural Restorations is a Regional Partner of the Southwest Region of the US Forest Service & has been selected by the Tonto National Forest Service to receive donations that will be used to support the Tonto National Forest. Natural Restorations was founded in 2015 and is a Gilbert Arizona-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

LEGACY GIFT GIVING: You can have a big, lasting impact to ensure the preservation of the Tonto National Forest by adding a legacy gift to your estate plan in favor of the Tonto Trail Fund through Natural Restorations.

You can make a Planned Gift to leave funds to the Tonto National Forest through Natural Restorations. You can donate a specific amount, % of your estate, or assets like cash, property, or investments. Planned Giving allows you to support causes you care about & can offer tax benefits for your estate & heirs. Learn more HERE.

Stay tuned! We will be announcing ways local businesses can become Tonto Trail Keepers & help support projects on the Tonto National Forest.

If you have questions or want additional information, please reach out to Nicole Corey, Executive Director at contact@naturalrestorations.org

Thank You, No Snow Stand Up Paddleboards!

We would like to thank everyone at No Snow Stand Up Paddleboards for recently becoming an official Sponsor of Natural Restorations! We are grateful for their continued commitment to our mission, including donating equipment rentals & delivery for volunteer events on the Lower Salt River!⁠

No Snow Stand Up Paddleboards donated equipment for Military Veterans who didn’t have their own for all four of our Lower Salt River Water-based Veteran Cleanups over the summer on 5/17, 7/12, 8/2, & 9/13. We are grateful for how quickly they jumped on board to help veterans! They also helped us in a huge way by delivering & picking up equipment from us at the river so that our trailer didn’t get boxed in like it did during our first event. ⁠Last month they donated the use & delivery of kayaks & paddleboards for our 8/17 Lower Salt River Cleanup with Visit Mesa & ESTO volunteers!

We greatly appreciate No Snow Stand Up Paddleboards for supporting us during their busiest time of the season, setting aside equipment for us that they could have otherwise rented out, & taking time away from their business to drop off & pick up equipment from us, & help shuttle us back to our vehicles at the end of our events. THANK YOU!!!⁠

Thank you to everyone at No Snow Stand Up Paddleboards for your support of our mission and Arizona’s outdoor spaces!⁠

Thank You, Visit Mesa!

We would like to thank everyone at Visit Mesa for recently becoming a Sponsor of Natural Restorations, we are grateful for their commitment to our mission! We are extremely excited about this partnership & have been working behind the scenes with the amazing team at Visit Mesa on several special projects & initiatives benefitting Natural Restorations, the Tonto National Forest, & the City of Mesa. Stay tuned! ⁠

Have you seen the Visit Mesa billboards on the 202 Red Mountain Freeway & Alma School in Mesa promoting responsible recreation on the Tonto National Foreset & promoting Natural Restorations? The billboards have been super cool for us! We hosted a Lower Salt River Cleanup for Visit Mesa and ESTO Volunteers in August & will share event photos later today. Visit Mesa is also the Presenting Sponsor of our 3rd annual Salty Saguaro Classic Lower Salt River Cleanup on 10/11/25.

Check out Visit Mesa, they are the storytellers of a place that defies expectation. A city where wild horses run beside kayakers, where springtime means baseball, not just blossoms, and where every sunset feels like an invitation to explore Mesa’s limitless possibilities. At Visit Mesa, they don’t just market a destination - they amplify a spirit. ⁠

They connect visitors to authentic experiences and unexpected wonders, helping them find themselves in every trail, every taste, and every discovery throughout our evolving city. They are stewards of something bigger than travel. They are caretakers of culture, curators of moments, and passionate advocates for a community strengthened by a thriving visitor economy. ⁠

They believe in connection, in creativity, in the promise that what happens here can be both meaningful and memorable. They exist to inspire exploration - not just of place, but of perspective. And through every story they share, they help others discover their own. ⁠

Thank you to everyone at Visit Mesa for supporting of our mission and Arizona’s outdoor spaces!⁠

Thank You, Stellar Adventures

Thank you to everyone at Stellar Adventures for continuing their sponsorship of Natural Restorations! Stellar Adventures has been a Sponsor since 2023 and we are honored to have their continued support our Restoration Programs!⁠

We are proud to partner with organizations committed to helping us restore Arizona’s outdoor spaces & providing restoration work in nature to Military Veterans on our Dedicated Restoration Team.⁠

In addition to their Sponsorship, they generously donate prizes to our volunteer raffles & fundraisers, as well as donating the delivery & use of their portable bathrooms at our volunteer events at Four Peaks & Lower Sycamore. They also provided shuttle services to volunteers at Hewitt Station Cleanup Events & helped us pick up trash. ⁠

Thanks again to everyone at Stellar Adventures for investing in Arizona’s outdoor spaces & helping us put our mission into action every day.⁠ You can learn more about Stellar Adventures by heading over to their page.

Thank You, Arizona Rock Products Association

We would like to thank everyone at Arizona Rock Products Association (ARPA) for becoming a Sponsor of Natural Restorations earlier this year. They raised & donated $10,500 to our 501c3 nonprofit organization! We are grateful for their commitment to our mission!⁠

ARPA promotes and preserves safe production and the sustainability of the rock products industry through active involvement in the community, regulatory, and political processes.⁠

ARPA, their members and employees care about the communities in which they live and work. As such, member companies, and associations are active participants in charitable, educational, and social issues, and work diligently to ensure that the benefits of their organization and industry span the diverse social and economic needs of our State.⁠

Thank you to everyone at Arizona Rock Products Association for your support of our mission and Arizona’s outdoor spaces!⁠

Celebrating Our 10-Year Anniversary!

We are celebrating the 10-year anniversary of Natural Restorations!!! Thank you to everyone who has helped support us along the way! We have a lot ways you can celebrate this major milestone with us over the next 12 months, stay tuned! In the meantime, check out what we have accomplished for Arizona’s public lands over the past 10 year, including a breakdown showing how much we have done for Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Areas, waterways, hiking, & climbing areas across Arizona.

Thank You, OdySea Aquarium!

We would like to thank everyone at OdySea Aquarium for continuing their sponsorship of Natural Restorations & our restoration programs! ⁠OdySea Aquarium seeks to educate, engage, enrich, and inspire all ages to conserve and protect our planet and we love teaming up to remove trash and invasives from rivers and lakes.

We are grateful for OdySea Aquarium’s support of conservation and education organizations, like Natural Restorations, that align with their three core initiatives; Education, Conservation, & Care. Thank you, OdySea Aquarium, for investing in Arizona’s outdoor spaces and our mission.⁠ ⁠

We look forward to teaming up again with Dave, Jess, and their team soon!⁠

Thank You, Native Resources!

We would like to thank everyone at Native Resources for being a Sponsor of Natural Restorations & supporting our Bush Fire Burn Scar Replanting Program! ⁠Last year, they provided access to a cacti salvage in Gold Canyon where our Dedicated Restoration Team salvaged 610 native Sonoran Desert cacti that we replanted in the Bush Fire burn scar at Four Peaks on the Tonto National Forest.⁠

By giving us access to the salvage site, Native Resources helped our team salvage 22 saguaros, 305 hedgehog, 1 barrel, 281 mammallaria, & 2 chain fruit cholla. ⁠Check out a few photos from the salvage. ⁠

Salvage sites are extremely helpful to our Replanting Program because we don’t have to purchase the cacti, we just need our teams labor to dig them out of the ground with hand tools & then transport them to our nursery on the Tonto National Forest before replanting them in the burn scar where they are are desperately needed in the Bush Fire burn scar. ⁠
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Thank you to everyone at Native Resources for your support of our mission and Arizona’s outdoor spaces!⁠ We are excited to continue working with you!⁠

Thank You, Arizona Plasma!

We would like to thank Katie, Justin, & everyone at Arizona Plasma for recently becoming a Sponsor of Natural Restorations, we are grateful for their commitment to our mission! ⁠

We teamed up with them last year when they started donating custom metal signs for us to raise funds for our programs as well as give away at volunteer events! We recently received a $1,200 donation from Arizona Plasma & we will be picking up a HUGE donation of custom metal signs soon that will help us raise even more funding for our programs & help us thank volunteers for their hard work at our events!⁠

Thank you to everyone at Arizona Plasma for your support of our mission and Arizona’s outdoor spaces!⁠

Thank You, Arizona Wholesale Growers!

We would like to thank everyone at Arizona Wholesale Growers for continuing to be a Sponsor of Natural Restorations & our Bush Fire Burn Scar Replanting Program! ⁠Through monthly donations, they donated $1,183.65 in 2024 to our 501c3 nonprofit organization! ⁠

In addition to financial support, they help make a HUGE impact on our replanting program! They donated 37 saguaros last year ranging from 2-1/2 to 6 feet tall, saving our replanting program thousands of dollars. They also give us discounts when we have funding to purchase saguaros for our replanting program which means we can buy more for the burn scar. ⁠⁠

If you have attended a Save Our Saguaros Replanting Event, you have likely planted saguaros we got from Arizona Wholesale Growers!⁠

Thank you to everyone at Arizona Wholesale Growers for your continued support of our mission and Arizona’s outdoor spaces!⁠