01/18/25

16th Annual Hewitt Station cleanup wtih Footprints Matter to US

On Saturday, January 18th, 2025, we teamed up with Footprints Matter to Us for the 16th annual Hewitt Station Environmental Stewardship Event. Thank you, Sue Schaffer from Footprints Matter to Us, for starting this cleanup event 16 years ago! It was wonderful working with Sue for more than 6 years on this event and we are honored to continue this annual environmental stewardship event.

115 volunteers, including 15 youth volunteers, 10+ from the U.S. Forest Service Tonto National Forest - Mesa & Globe Districts, Officers from Pinal County Sheriff’s Office, Pinal County Citizens on Patrol Posse, & our Dedicated Restoration removed 14,980 pounds of trash & 9 tires! That’s 7.49 tons of trash no longer littering this beautiful area.

Thank you to everyone who has been supporting this event year after year, we cannot thank you enough for your support!⁠

Thank you to everyone from the U.S. Forest Service Tonto National Forest - Mesa and Globe Ranger Districts coming out to the event to help! Thank you to Forest Service Law Enforcement for being on site before dawn to enforce the target shooting closure and help us keep volunteers safe!

Thank you to WW Clyde for donating the use of their front-end loader & donating the time of their operator to help us get trash from the sites back to both dumpster & for donating a bunch of water! Thank you to everyone from WW Clyde who came out to volunteer with us! ⁠