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Note: Yavapai County extends 2009 Forest Project Funds Voucher
Grant for One Year! See article below.
Stewards of Public Lands
Plan Camp Verde
Cleanup on Saturday, June
13, 2009
Stewards of Public Lands invites members
of the community to help with a Camp Verde Copper Canyon
cleanup project on Saturday, June 13. Volunteers will work
from 7 a.m. until 11 a.m.
The town of Camp Verde is providing the
dumpster and other assistance. Cooperators are the U.S. Forest
Service and Yavapai County Community Service workers. Jim and
Lynn Sweitzer of Camp Verde are organizing the cleanup.
“Some volunteers will work at Copper
Canyon, and we’ll arrange some small groups to cover Middle
Verde and Wingfield Mesa,” says Jim Sweitzer. Volunteers and
Marvin Buckel of the town of Camp Verde have already picked up
some of the larger items, Sweitzer says. Pickup trucks would
be helpful for the Saturday cleanup.
For Saturday’s cleanup, volunteers may reach Copper Canyon by
accessing Oasis Road from Highway 260, 1-1/2 miles south of
I-17, and one mile south of Finny Flat Road. Oasis only turns
to the right. Drive to the bottom of the hill; turn right at
the first road. Volunteers may also drive down Salt Mine Road,
two miles, and make a right onto Oasis. Watch for signs.
Co-chair Jess Tyler reports that the
Stewards are currently maintaining 6,000 acres of public
lands. Besides cleaning the lands, Stewards have collaborated
with the Forest Service to build fencing as impediments to
illegal dumping. Stewards of Public Lands is a multi-community
effort, with Verde Valley cities and towns furnishing
volunteers, dump trucks and backhoes to assist in the
cleanups. The Forest Service provides garbage bags, staff and
equipment. Yavapai County assists via their Community Service
program. Private businesses also support the Stewards’ work.
Debbie LaFrance of Verde Village provides refreshments and
safety supplies.
Volunteers should wear long sleeved
shirts, long pants, hats, gloves and sturdy shoes. Eye
protection—such as goggles, glasses or sunglasses— is needed.
Participants should also bring drinking water, a snack,
sunscreen, and cleanup tools including a rake, hoe, shovel and
grabbers.
"We want to set a good example for others
in our communities,” says Stewards Cochair and Mayor of
Cottonwood, Diane Joens. “Come help us reclaim our public
lands from illegal dumping and littering.”
More information is available at
Web site
www.verdestewards.org or by calling Jim or
Lynn Sweitzer at 567-3010 or co-chairs Diane Joens, 634-4112
or Jess Tyler, 649-0023.
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Yavapai County Extends Deadline for Forest Project Funds Grant
On June 2, the
Stewards of Public Lands and Cocopai RC&D received the
following letter, after contacting District 3 Supervisor Chip
Davis's office and requesting an extension of time for our
Vouchers Program Grant:
June 2, 2009
- Ms. Diane Joens
- Co-Chair
- Stewards of Public Lands
- 1611 South Plaza Way
- Flagstaff, AZ 86001
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- Re: 2008 Forest Project Grant -
Cocopai RC&D - Stewards of Public Lands Request for
Extension of time to expend awarded funds
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- This letter will serve as
approval to extend the time to expend the 2007-08 Forest
Project funds awarded in June 2008 to Cocopai RC&D -
Stewards of Public Lands. This extension is granted for one
year from the date of this letter and is not extendible
beyond that date. If you have any questions, please do not
hesitate to contact County Administrator Julie Ayers at
928-771-3200.
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- Signed, Julie Ayers
- County Administrator
- Yavapai County
If you would
like to learn more about the Stewards' voucher program, and
how you can clean up public lands and get your dumping fees
covered, please check our Web site,
www.verdestewards.org.
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