12/04/21

13th Annual Environmental Stewardship Event

with Footprints Matter to Us

Hewitt Station OHV Area in Queen Valley

Natural Restorations teamed up with Footprints Matter to Us again for the 13th Annual Environmental Stewardship Event with Footprints Matter to Us at Hewitt Station OHV Area in Queen Valley on Saturday, December 4th, 2021. The event is usually the 3rd Saturday in January but we had to make some adjustments this year.

86 volunteers, including 12 youth volunteers, came out to remove trash illegally dumped or left behind by people recreating in the area, including irresponsible target shooters.

Volunteers helped us remove 11,440 pounds of trash, that’s 5.72 tons of trash no longer littering this area! We also removed and recycled 7 tires. All of the event photos are below.

Thank you to everyone from the Tonto National Forest Mesa and Globe Districts for all of your help and support of this event!

Thank you to Law Enforcement Officers from the Tonto National Forest for keeping volunteers safe during the target shooting closure. Thank you to Mike & everyone from The pinal county sheriff’s Office Citizens on Patrol Posse for all of their help! We were grateful to have them out helping before dawn.⁠

Thank you to everyone at Imerys Perlite USA, Inc. in Superior and DalMolin Excavating, Inc. in Globe for teaming up again to help us with a front-end loader and operator!⁠⁠⁠

We would like to thank the following organizations for their support of this event: Arizona Toy Pros, Battle Born Offroad, CopperPoint Insurance Companies, Davidson’s Inc., Desert Monsters Tours, DuroBumps, EPAZ, Footprints Matter to Us, Gallery of Guns, ICON Vehicle Dynamics, Illuminated Funds Group, Imerys Perlite USA, Inc. in Superior and Dalmolin Excavating in Globe, J. Bowers & Associates, LeBaron & Carroll Insurance, Nitro Gear & Axle, OdySea Aquarium Foundation, the ON Semiconductor Foundation, REI, Salt River Project, State 48 Overland, Tru Flask, UniSource Energy Services, the U.S. Forest Service Tonto National Forest - Mesa and Globe Ranger Districts, Victory 4X4, and Yamaha Outdoors. We would also like to thank our friends at HardKnox Rocks & Excavating for coming out to help us!⁠⁠⁠⁠

Thank you, Sue Schaffer from Footprints Matter to Us, for starting this cleanup 13 years ago! It has been wonderful working with Sue over the last 6 years on this event and we are honored to continue the yearly cleanup every year.