Sedona Jeep School
02-12-2008, 04:14 PM
Clean-up in Camp Verde, this Saturday 2/16/08 beginning at 8 AM.
This may be far from home for most of you, but this is an up and coming area for wheeling--I have witnessed a huge increase in OHV use of these areas in just the last year alone. I have enjoyed these areas as a great escape from the relatively crowded Sedona trails, so not only is it important to take care of them to maintain the scenic quality, but also to keep them open to continued future wheeling--we don't want them to get closed before many of you have a chance to enjoy them just because of some irresponsible users.
Details at:
http://www.verdestewards.org/
Stewards of Public Lands to Sponsor Prescott
and Coconino National Forests Cleanup
in Camp Verde Feb. 16, 2008
Stewards of Public Lands are planning a wide-sweep cleanup of public lands in Camp Verde on Feb. 16, from 8 until noon, with two dumpsters planned on either edge of town. Waste Management donates the dumpsters for Stewards’ projects.
Volunteers will meet at Highway 260 and Old Church Road, formerly called Verde Park, for a safety talk and sign up sheets promptly at 8 a.m. Jim Sweitzer will furnish cleanup maps that can be picked up at the sign in location.
Sweitzer and Coconino National Forest Ranger Dex Allen did reconnaissance for the project. Plans call for a 20 yard dumpster at the I-17 and General Crook Trail location, and a 40 yard dumpster for the planned cleanup at the old Airport location. Cochair Jess Tyler coordinates with Waste Management for the arrangement of the donated dumpsters.
The Town of Camp Verde will provide a loader and operator for the I-17 site and McDonald Brothers is donating a loader for the old airport site. The Prescott National Forest will also assist.
Volunteers should wear long sleeved shirts, long pants, hats, gloves and sturdy shoes. Eye protection is required. Participants should bring water, sunscreen, and cleanup tools such as a rake, hoe, shovel or grabbers.
The Stewards of Public Lands work to bring volunteers, businesses and governmental agencies together for cleanup projects. Cochair Diane Joens says, “No one single governmental entity has the financial or people resources to clean up and manage illegal dumping on public lands. The Stewards find creative ways to coordinate existing programs at the federal, state and local level to address the issue of overlapping jurisdictions.”
Volunteers with questions may call Sweitzer at 567-3010 or Joens at 634-4112, or check the Web site at www.verdestewards.org.
This may be far from home for most of you, but this is an up and coming area for wheeling--I have witnessed a huge increase in OHV use of these areas in just the last year alone. I have enjoyed these areas as a great escape from the relatively crowded Sedona trails, so not only is it important to take care of them to maintain the scenic quality, but also to keep them open to continued future wheeling--we don't want them to get closed before many of you have a chance to enjoy them just because of some irresponsible users.
Details at:
http://www.verdestewards.org/
Stewards of Public Lands to Sponsor Prescott
and Coconino National Forests Cleanup
in Camp Verde Feb. 16, 2008
Stewards of Public Lands are planning a wide-sweep cleanup of public lands in Camp Verde on Feb. 16, from 8 until noon, with two dumpsters planned on either edge of town. Waste Management donates the dumpsters for Stewards’ projects.
Volunteers will meet at Highway 260 and Old Church Road, formerly called Verde Park, for a safety talk and sign up sheets promptly at 8 a.m. Jim Sweitzer will furnish cleanup maps that can be picked up at the sign in location.
Sweitzer and Coconino National Forest Ranger Dex Allen did reconnaissance for the project. Plans call for a 20 yard dumpster at the I-17 and General Crook Trail location, and a 40 yard dumpster for the planned cleanup at the old Airport location. Cochair Jess Tyler coordinates with Waste Management for the arrangement of the donated dumpsters.
The Town of Camp Verde will provide a loader and operator for the I-17 site and McDonald Brothers is donating a loader for the old airport site. The Prescott National Forest will also assist.
Volunteers should wear long sleeved shirts, long pants, hats, gloves and sturdy shoes. Eye protection is required. Participants should bring water, sunscreen, and cleanup tools such as a rake, hoe, shovel or grabbers.
The Stewards of Public Lands work to bring volunteers, businesses and governmental agencies together for cleanup projects. Cochair Diane Joens says, “No one single governmental entity has the financial or people resources to clean up and manage illegal dumping on public lands. The Stewards find creative ways to coordinate existing programs at the federal, state and local level to address the issue of overlapping jurisdictions.”
Volunteers with questions may call Sweitzer at 567-3010 or Joens at 634-4112, or check the Web site at www.verdestewards.org.