AZ 4Runner Outsiders Raises Over $10,000 to Support Our Mission

On 11/12, AZ 4Runner Outsiders raised over $10,000 for our Restoration Programs at their year-end event at Right Toyota in Scottsdale! We are honored & grateful for the continued support from the AZ 4Runner Outsiders community! ⁠⁠It means the world to us to have so much support from this community!

AZ 4Runner Outsiders have created something truly wonderful; they are an all-inclusive group that welcomes those who are new to the trails & new to Arizona. We always feel welcome at their events & have a great time when they volunteer with us. ⁠Thank you to everyone in this group for supporting our mission!

Thank you, Arizona Adventure Group!

We would like to thank everyone who participated in Arizona Adventure Group’s (AAG) 3rd annual March Hiking Challenge and thank AAG for raising & donating $300 for our Restoration Programs! We are grateful to everyone who participated! ⁠

100% of the Hiking Challenge profits were donated to Natural Restorations & Make It Count 4 Dani. $1 from every t-shirt purchase was donated to State FortyEight Foundation.

Thank you to Monique, Edgar, and everyone at AAG for your continued support of our mission!⁠ ⁠

In addition to AAG, we would like to thank and give a shout out to their sponsors for the Hiking Challenge:⁠

Riverbound Sports

One Auto Movement

The Strawberry Inn

My Sol Adventures

Thrive Construction

H2B Adventures

Bob Pickle Pops ⁠

Visit Arizona ⁠

Make sure you follow AAG to participate in the 4th annual March Hiking Challenge in 2023! ⁠We also have a river cleanup with AAG members this fall in late September!⁠

We are a 1% for the Planet Environment Partner!

We are pleased to announce you can now support Natural Restorations through 1% for the Planet! We have joined 1% for the Planet as an environmental partner! This partnership is intended to advance our impact as well as involve more businesses in the environmental movement. ⁠

“We are thrilled to join 1% for the Planet and are grateful for the opportunity to connect with businesses & individuals looking to support our mission,” said Nicole Corey, Executive Director & Co-Founder of Natural Restorations. “We look forward to new opportunities to accelerate our mission.”

1% for the Planet is an accountability partner for businesses that are ready to reject business as usual and give back to environmental partners making a difference around the globe. Started in 2002 by Yvon Chouinard, founder of Patagonia, and Craig Mathews, founder of Blue Ribbon Flies, their members have given hundreds of millions of dollars to environmental partners to date.

“The intent of 1% for the Planet is to help fund these diverse environmental organizations so that collectively they can be a more powerful source in solving the world’s problems,” writes Yvon Chouinard, co-founder of 1% for the Planet.

Learn more by viewing our profile here: Directory Page.

Vote For Us To Receive Grant Funding For Our Bush Fire Burn Scar Replanting Project!

VOTE FOR US! Vote for Natural Restorations to receive funding from Arizona Financial Credit Union for our Bush Fire Burn Scar Replanting Program! Click the link below to check out our 60-second video & vote for Natural Restorations once a day through Tuesday, July 25th. ⁠Click this link to vote: https://ow.ly/a6NH50PhIve

We are one of ten organizations selected to move into the final voting round for Arizona Financial Credit Union’s Local Causes grant program. The final grant recipients will be selected by their members and the community. They will be distributing $40,000 in grants with the top recipient receiving $10,000! ⁠

Please vote for us daily and share so that we receive funding for our Bush Fire Burn Scar Replanting Project! Thank you!!!!⁠

6/3 Lower Salt River Cleanup

On Saturday, June 3rd, 2023, we teamed up with the Salty Scuba Squad & Riverbound Sports for a Land & Water Lower Salt River Cleanup at Sheep’s Crossing, Pebble Beach, & Blue Point Recreation Areas on the Tonto National Forest. Click HERE to check out the entire project.

U.S. Forest Service Chief’s Honor Award

Last week, we received this 2022 Chief's Award plaque and took a few photos in the Bush Fire burn scar at Four Peaks with our Dedicated Restoration Team. ⁠In March 2023, Tonto National Forest Employees and Partners, including Natural Restorations, the National Forest Foundation, ⁠& Arizona Wholesale Growers were honored at the U.S. Forest Service Chief’s Honor Awards Ceremony for our work on the Four Peaks Restoration Project. ⁠

🌵⁠Award Category: Sustain our Forests and Grasslands⁠

Congratulations to Forest Service employees Kelly Kessler and Bec Veerman, along with partners Rebecca Davidson from National Forest Foundation, Nicole & Justin Corey from Natural Restorations and Shawn Cox from Arizona Wholesale Growers for their work on the Four Peaks Restoration Project. Since 2020, Tonto National Forest district personnel have been teaming up with partners to restore native vegetation in the Bush Fire burn scar.⁠

Thank you to everyone at the U.S. Forest Service Tonto National Forest, National Forest Foundation & Arizona Wholesale Growers for everything we have accomplished together!⁠ ⁠Thank you to everyone who has been involved in this multi-year project that means so much to so many, we are honored to be a part of it!⁠⁠

We are working on some exciting replanting projects that benefit the Bush Fire burn scar on the Tonto National Forest. Stay tuned! ⁠

The 2020 Bush Fire is the 5th largest wildfire in Arizona history. Flames carried through 193,455 acres of the Tonto National Forest and devastated multiple ecosystems. Unfortunately, most of the fire occurred in the Sonoran Desert, an ecosystem that has not evolved or adapted to wildfires. With the impact to over 80,000 iconic saguaros, Natural Restorations and our partners are dedicated to the long-term efforts to restore and revegetate portions of the Bush Fire burn scar. ⁠

8th annual Earth Day Lower Salt River Cleanup ~ Removed 1.79 tons!

On Saturday, April 22nd, 2023, we hosted our 8th annual Earth Day Lower Salt River Cleanup at Phon D Sutton Recreation Area on the Tonto National Forest.

177 volunteers, including 24 youth volunteers, helped us remove 1.79 tons (3,580 pounds) of trash! Volunteers also helped remove Stinknet (Globe Chamomile), a fast-spreading invasive weed.

Click HERE to view the entire project.

Thank you Wildland Trekking!

We would like to thank everyone at Wildland Trekking for continuing to be a Natural Restorations Supporter and donating for a third year! ⁠

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 Post 9/11 Military Veterans on our Dedicated Restoration Team.⁠

Wildland Trekking was born from a passion for wild and beautiful land. They promote conservation and protection of the environment not from a sense of duty or obligation, but from a joy that stems from the privilege they've had in experiencing some fantastic landscapes. They're attempting to do their part by partnering with organizations that they strongly believe in. ⁠

You can learn more about Wildland Trekking by heading over to their page HERE. ⁠Thanks again to everyone at Wildland Trekking for supporting our mission!⁠⠀⁠⠀⁠