02/15/20 Sheep Crossing Lower Salt River Cleanup
We teamed up with our Sponsors at Copperpoint Insurance Companies for a morning of stewardship and fun at our 4th annual President’s Day Weekend Lower Salt River Cleanup at Sheep Crossing on Saturday, February 15, 2020. Thank you to 163 volunteers, including 40 youth volunteers, for Opting Outside and leaving a positive impact on the Lower Salt River. Together, we removed 5,060 pounds of trash, that’s 2.53 tons of trash no longer littering the river. Thank you to all of the volunteers who helped us make a significant impact!
One of the reasons we removed so much trash from this area is because in September of 2019, the Steward Mountain Dam released water at 40,000 cubic feet per second into the Lower Salt River. The water rose to 18 feet in some places, flushing out all of the long buried trash from the river bed and weaving it into the vegetation.
Thank you to our main event sponsor, CopperPoint Insurance Companies!
We would like to thank the following organizations for their support of this event: American Rivers, Battle Born Offroad, Desert Monsters Tours, Icon Vehicle Dynamics, Illuminated Funds Group, LeBaron & Carroll Insurance, Nitro Gear & Axle, OdySea Aquarium Foundation, ON Semiconductor, REI, Salt River Project, Sierra Expeditions, Tru Flask, the U.S. Forest Service - Tonto National Forest - Mesa Ranger District, Victory 4X4, and Yamaha Outdoor Access Initiative.
Check out all of the photo galleries below. Pictures from the raffle are also below.
Before Photos - click a photo to bring up full size gallery
Photos from Justin & Nicole Corey - click a photo to view full size image
Photos courtesy of Brittany Morin - click a photo to view full size image
Raffle Winners!
Thank you to Tru Flask for donating tru flask bottles & tumblers! We also gave away a few Natural Restorations t-shirts.
We know volunteers don’t attend our events for prizes, but it’s a nice way to help show them how much local organizations and the community appreciates their hard work.
Click HERE to check out our Events Calendar & register for a cleanup.
Photo shared with permission from volunteer.