January 2020 Lower Salt River Graffiti Removal Project
Blue Point, Coon Bluff & Fox Tail Recreation Areas
337 square feet of graffiti removed from THe Lower Salt River at Blue Point, Coon Bluff, & Foxtail
In 2019, REI employees and members voted for Natural Restorations to receive grant funding to expand our Graffiti Removal Program with our Dedicated Restoration Team. In addition to REI funding, we also used a portion of a private donation for this project.
In January, we contracted 3 Veterans on our Dedicated Restoration Team and got to work removing graffiti along the Lower Salt River at Blue Point, Coon Bluff and Foxtail.
Veterans working with us on this project benefited from our program not only through paid contract work but also through spending time in nature with other veterans. It was extremely rewarding both mentally and physically for the veterans to accomplish this project and make a lasting impact on the state.
You can view past team projects HERE and all of our graffiti removal projects HERE.
Click picture for full-size image gallery (before & Afters below)
Our hope is that by removing the graffiti as seen in the pictures below, fewer people will make the mistake of thinking it is okay to tag the rocks and boulders. We believe everyone should be able to experience nature without graffiti.
Please contact the non-emergency # for the area if you see anyone vandalizing public lands & please contact us when you see graffiti or trash in outdoor recreation & wilderness areas.
Lower Salt River Graffiti Removal: 337 sq Ft removed
check out a few before & Afters - Click picture for full-size image gallery
Blue Point Recreation Area
Coon Bluff Recreation Area
Foxtail
We proudly use Graffiti Removal Products and the EcoBlaster Portable Pressure Washer & Water Source from World's Best Graffiti Removers. You can check out our other graffiti removal projects HERE.
If you would like to help fund projects like this, click the Donate button below will link you to PayPal. enter 'Veterans' in the special instructions and your donation will go towards our dedicated restoration team projects.
If you or your organization is interested in sponsoring our Dedicated Restoration Team and helping fund team projects, please contact us.
View more projects completed by our Dedicated Restoration Team HERE.
Thank you to the REI employees, REI members, and a private donor who helped us make a lasting impact on Arizona, the Lower Salt River, and the Tonto National Forest. We would also like to thank everyone at the Tonto National Forest - Mesa Ranger District for their support of this project.