Tread Lightly! Arizona Trail Clean Up - Help Needed

We need your help!

Discount Tire and TreadLightly! have joined together for a stewardship event to clean up the Table Mesa Recreation Area. Help us keep target shooting and OHV areas open for continued use.

Every Volunteer Counts!

Please bring water, work gloves, hat, sunscreen, trash pinchers, buckets and wear long pants and sturdy shoes. 4WD and OHV vehicles are useful.​

• When: Sunday, March 1st, 2015
  
  
  [*]Time: 9:00am - 2:00pm (check in starts at 8:00am)
  
  Lunch will be provided!​
  
  
  
  [*]Where: Table Mesa Recreational Area (North of Phoenix, Arizona)
  
  
  [*]RSVP:evan@treadlightly.org or sign up online Tread Lightly! Table Mesa Clean Up
  
  
  [*]Directions: The Table Mesa Recreation Area is located off I-17 and Table Mesa Road. Head west on Table Mesa Road, then north on the frontage road. Follow signs posted at the end of the pavement. Volunteers will also be on site providing more information and directions.
  

Location Map: Staging Area
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Additional Information:
The area is very popular with recreational target shooters, off-highway vehicle riders, equestrians, mountain bikers, hikers, and others because of its close proximity to the metropolitan Phoenix area. Unfortunately, this area is also prone to illegal dumping, littering, and debris that needs to be cleaned up. As public agency budgets fade, volunteerism becomes even more important.

Thank you to these partners in education and stewardship for supporting this effort!

Bureau of Land Management | Arizona Game and Fish Department | Discount Tire
Arizona Off-Highway Vehicle Coalition | AZ Firearms | Barlow Adventures | Boone and Crocket Congressional
Sportsman's Foundation | National Rifle Association
National Shooting Sports Foundation | Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation | Safari Club International

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If i have this day free I would love to help. I can't stand people making arizona filthy

 

We would welcome your help if possible.

It is very rewarding to volunteer for a clean up like this. I have done many of them over the years and am amazed at the amount of Junk that is picked up.

I even help build some fish habitat many years ago at Bartlet. That was a blast.

 

I wont be able to make it but I was out there for AZVJC's clinic in January and there are a ton of nails scattered at the Little Pan TH (staging area). I was thinking one of those big magnets used to clean up job sites would be really useful at that location. Thanks!

 

Update:

We had a great time at this event even though it rained.

Big thanks to the, over 250, volunteers and co-sponsors. Together we removed more than 10 tons of trash from the area. If you helped and shared any photos to your social media accounts please tag them with. #tablemesacleanup

We have two more projects similar to this in Moab this year. Please contact TreadLightly for more information.

Here's a pretty cool video from the Table Mesa clean up, we hope you enjoy it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNYgsrBrMm4

 

10 tons of trash! People make me sick that they leave that much trash in the desert.

This is awesome that you guys did this!

 

I'd like to give my expressed gratitude for this -coming from an environmental science major
Also I'd like to thank y'all and my local Texas DT for hooking me up and going above and beyond my price match couple weeks ago