Photo Albums of Beaver Creek Cleanup Nov. 18, 2006

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Those who signed in were: Fred Shute, Friends of the Well; Walter Miller, Lake Montezuma and Nature Conservancy; Jim and Lynn Sweitzer, Camp Verde; Martha Mow, Camp Verde; Steve and Coleen Harbison, Gardenscapes, Cottonwood; Dave Miller, Verde Four Wheelers, Cornville; Gary Hull, SRP; Dennis and Janet Aniol, LMPOA; Olga Sterling, Friends of the Well; John Campbell, Kiwanis; Floyd Gardner, FOW; Karen Miskol, LMPOA; Tara Allman, Rimrock; Don Rotta, Kiwanis; Bill Cowan, BC Kiwanis, Verde NRCD; Debbie LaFrance, Verde Village; Sharon Block, Cottonwood/Oak Creek School District; Jan Guimons, FOW; J.R. Miskol, LMPOA, Verde NRCD; S. Bueckert; Michael and Lois Johnson, Thunder ridge POA, Carol and John Nel, Kiwanis; Julie Lynch, Kiwanis; Cassie Frost, Beaver Creek School;  Charlie Ester, SRP; Earl Fero, Rimrock; Stephen Youngkin, Verde NRCD; Warren Den Dekker, Cottonwood; Marvin Buckel, Rimrock; Alexander Allan, Thunder Ridge POA, Alan Spiller, Rimrock; Cat Sampson, Forest Service; Leslie Peters, Forest Service, W. Hall, FS; Mark Nigrelli, FS; Cora and Bob Whiting, Thunder Ridge; Heather Provencio, FS; Aubrey Tounietti, Flagstaff HS; Dexter Allen, FS; Jodi Allen, Camp Verde; Diane Joens, Cottonwood.

Beaver Creek Photo Album 1

Beaver Creek Photo Album 2

Beaver Creek Photo Album 3
Post cleanup report from Marvin Buckel:
Trash loaded into the dumpster: Two stumps, carpet, engine block, loader bucket of flooring, dry wall, small car parts, four loader buckets of concrete, one big block of concrete, and fifteen plus yards of bagged trash. Also picked up; two refrigerators, two tires, one battery. The clean up crew also moved eight, small yard waste / trimmings piles into three, to be burned by the Forest Service. The dumpster was just full. It was a very successful clean up. You should be able to get a tonnage weight from Arid when they dump the dumpster. My estimate is 7.5 tons plus.
Post cleanup report from Dex Allen:
 
Even after the cleanup was finished, Marvin Buckel, Charlie Ester, Bill Cowan, and several Forest Service staff members worked extra hours, loading up some illegally dumped concrete and consolidating illegally dumped vegetative debris into burnable piles.
 
Stewards of Public Lands Host
Beaver Creek Area Cleanup
Saturday, Nov. 18, 2006
 
Stewards of Public Lands expanded their cleanup outreach to more areas in the Verde Valley. They collaborated with volunteers, businesses and government agencies on their first project in the Beaver Creek area Saturday, Nov. 18 from 8 a.m. to noon.
 
SRP rented a loader backhoe for the project. SRP Water Resources Manager Charlie Ester said, “The Stewards of Public Lands demonstrate how private, government, and business interests can partner together for the mutual benefits of a cleaner, safer environment. SRP is very happy to support the Stewards whose care for the land ultimately protects the flow of the Verde River from unsightly pollution and improves water quality.”
 
Supervisor Chip Davis is provided a dumpster through the Forest Project Funds grant that the Stewards recently received from Yavapai County. The grant assists in protecting people and property from wildfire. “Cleaning up illegal dump sites helps protect Verde Valley property on the urban rural interface,” said Stewards Cochair Diane Joens.
 
Bill Cowan of Beaver Creek Kiwanis helped with planning and signage. Kiwanis provided a delicious taco lunch for the volunteers. The Lake Montezuma Property Owners Association furnished water, refreshments, hand sanitizer and paper towels. Friends of the Well also assisted.
 
Red Rock Ranger District Assistant Operations Manager Cat Sampson supplied five rangers, several trucks and a covered dumping trailer. The Forest Service also provided trash bags for the volunteers. Cat Sampson gave a safety talk before the cleanup began. Beaver Creek newsletter editor Janet Aniol worked with Sampson to get parent permission forms signed so the area’s youth groups could be involved. “A lot of us here want to get the kids active in this type of event,” Aniol said. Red Rock District Ranger Heather Provencio and daughter Aubrey also helped with the cleanup.
 
Stewards volunteer Jim Sweitzer and Coconino National Forest Ranger Dex Allen did reconnaissance for the project. Marvin Buckel operated the backhoe loader that SRP rented for the project. Other project cooperators are Arid Disposal Services, United Rentals, CARS Auto Wrecking, Gardenscapes and Yavapai County Community Services. Cocopai Resource Conservation and Development serves as the Stewards’ grant administrator.
 
Ester was excited to have SRP partner with the Stewards for the first time. Ester said, “The Stewards are a great example of how the citizens of the Verde Valley and SRP do share common interests and can work together to protect the land and river.”
 
To reach the project site, volunteers traveled 1.2 miles past the Montezuma Well turn-off on Forest Service Road number 119. Beaver Creek Kiwanis placed directional signs in the area. The area is also known to locals as the shooting range or the Well Road.
 
In the past year, Stewards have cleaned up project areas along West Mingus, Allen Springs, Ogden Ranch Road, Old Highway 279, Bill Gray Road, Willow Point Road, Highway 260 and the Black Canyon Wash, Stewart Hill and Fossil Springs. They have also cleaned up Copper Canyon, Arena Del Loma, and Sierra Verde Road in Camp Verde.
 
Joens says, “No one single governmental entity has the financial or people resources to clean up and manage rampant illegal dumping on public lands. The Stewards find creative ways to coordinate existing programs at the federal, state and local levels to address the issue of overlapping jurisdictions, including law enforcement.”

 

 

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