Burn Scar replanting, invasive grass removal, and trash & graffiti removal on the tonto national forest
Funded by a veterans grant from the U.S. Forest Service
34,894.78 pounds of trash removed, that’s 17.44 tons of trash no longer littering the Tonto National Forest!
220 sq ft of graffiti removed & 10 tires removed & recycled
240 cacti replanted in the bush fire burn scar, including 67 saguaros ranging from 1-6 feet tall, & we removed 1,660 pounds (.83 tons) of invasive grass from our replanting area.
We are the proud recipient of Veterans Grant from the U.S Forest Service for 2024/2025.
With grant funds from the U.S. Forest Service, our military veteran-based Dedicated Restoration Team completed 14 weeks of restoration work and hosted 6 volunteer events. We continue to a significant impact on the Tonto National Forest!
This grant provided 1,720 hours of restoration work in nature to the military veterans on our Dedicated Restoration Team. We also engaged 179 volunteers, including 18 youth volunteers, at our volunteer events and they donated 740.38 hours of their time to restoration projects on the Tonto.
Below you will find photos of trash removal, graffiti removal, burn scar replanting and invasive grass removal projects on the Tonto National Forest.
Land & Water Trash Removal
Graffiti Removal
Burn Scar Replanting & Invasive Grass Removal
We hosted 4 Lower Salt River Cleanup Events for military Veterans
Click HERE to check out photos from our 2nd Veteran Lower Salt River Cleanup Event.
Saguaro Lake Trash Removal
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The trails and cliffs at Saguaro Lake see heavy abuse from people partying & leaving trash behind.
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Apache Trail at Fish Creek Roofing Shingle Dump Pile
7,140 (pounds 3.57 tons) of trash Removed
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26 square feet of graffiti removed from Canyon Lake
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85 square feet of graffiti removed from Blue Wash
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109 Square Feet of Graffiti Removed from the lower salt river
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Lower Salt River Trash Removal on land
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Saguaro Lake at Butcher Jones Trash removal
More Lower salt river trash removed while floating the river
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We cleaned up a lot of abandoned camps & dump piles along the Lower Salt River. We’re grateful for SWATT & River Rangers for coming out to help when they could make it out to the sites.
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Additional abandoned camp photos
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canyon lake trash removal
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640 pounds of trash removed from thE Lower Salt River Cleanup with Salty Scuba Squad
1392.58 pounds of trash removed after the 2024 Labor Day Weekend.
our Dedicated Restoration Team partnered with Salty Scuba Squad, SWATT, & RIVER RANGERS to make this happen after the holiday weekend!
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712 pounds of trash removed from the Lower Salt River with our Dedicated Restoration Team, Salty Scuba Squad and Tonto National Forest Volunteers!
Huge thanks to Salt River Tubing for taking our trash from us at Mud Cliffs so we didn’t have to haul it all the way down the river.
Additional trash & tries removed from the Tonto National Forest
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We also hosted these volunteer events
If you would like to help fund projects like this, click HERE to visit our donation page.
If you or your organization is interested in sponsoring our Dedicated Restoration Team and helping fund team projects, please contact us.
Apache Trail Roofing Shingle Pile Removal at Fish Creek