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| Arizona Antelope Foundation |  | A non-profit organization dedicated to the welfare of pronghorn antelope. The Foundation’s Mission is to actively seek to increase pronghorn populations in Arizona through habitat improvements, habitat acquisition, the trans-location of animals to historic range, and public comment on activities affecting pronghorn and their habitat. |
| Arizona Clean & Beautiful | | Arizona Clean & Beautiful, founded in 1985, is a nonprofit, volunteer driven organization dedicated to preserving, maintaining, and enhancing the beauty and environmental quality of Arizona through research, education and the Arizona Affiliate Network. |
| Arizona Homegrown Solutions | | Arizona Homegrown Solutions is sparking the discovery, implementation and sharing of local solutions for food and water security, resource conservation and community well-being while having fun and respecting the natural environment. Our volunteer opportunities include community garden workdays, citrus gleaning, water harvesting installations, and more. |
| Arizona Trail Association | | The Arizona Trail Association is a membership organization, seeking active supporters of the Arizona Trail, coordinating volunteers, and providing other essential services to the Arizona Trail project.
The Arizona Trail is a continuous, 800+ mile diverse and scenic trail across Arizona from Mexico to Utah. It links deserts, mountains, canyons, communities and people. Currently 94% of the trail is complete.
The Arizona Trail Association's mission is simple: build, maintain, promote, protect and sustain the Arizona Trail as a unique encounter with the land.
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| Arizona Wilderness Coalition | | The Arizona Wilderness Coalition's mission is to permanently protect and restore Wilderness and other wild lands and waters in Arizona for the enjoyment of all citizens and to ensure that Arizona's native plants and animals have a lasting home in wild nature. |
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| Clean Deserts | | Grassroots effort to clean areas of the Arizona desert |
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| Friends of Pinnacle Peak Park | | The Friends of Pinnacle Peak Park are a group of local residents whose Mission is to assist in maintaining the wonderful character of the Park and to support improvements and educational activities through fund raising activities.
Thus the objectives of the Friends organization are:
Provide support for Park environmental education programs and printed materials that recognize the nature and fragility of the Sonoran Desert . We fund on-sight lectures open to the public.
Support the development of educational materials for distribution to the public.
Enhance the training opportunities and recognition of the park volunteers.
Produce a quarterly newsletter that addresses environmental and educational topics. Include Friends activities and identify upcoming Park activities.
Maintain a website (www.pinnaclepeakpark.com ) which includes: highlights and a calendar of Park activities, pictures of the park, safety tips for hikers, a PDF file of the newsletter, volunteer opportunities for the Park and the Friends, and site to make donations to the Friends organization. |
| Friends of the Sonoran Desert National Monument - Anza Trail Coalition | | Environmental Advocacy organization dedicated to protecting the natural and cultural resources of the Sonoran Desert National Monument. |
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| Grand Canyon Trust | | Grand Canyon Trust is a regional nonprofit conservation organization working to protect and restore the Colorado Plateau |
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| Highlands Center for Natural History | | The Highlands Center for Natural History helps adults and children discover the wonders of nature and to become wise caretakers of the land. We believe that everyone has a fundamental need to connect with the natural world. This connection is fostered by the Center through outdoor-science education based on observation and discovery of the Central Arizona Highlands.
The Highlands Center for Natural History is an environmental education organization, which features quality outdoor science education, reaching over 10,000 children and adults each year. |
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| Lake Pleasant Regional Park | | One of the most scenic water recreation areas in the “Valley of the Sun,” this northwest Valley park is one of busiestoffers many activities, such as free interpretive programs, camping, boating, fishing, swimming, hiking, picnicking, and nature viewing. The park hosts several events throughout the year including fishing tournaments, triathlons, wakeboarding competitivions, scuba events, sailboat regattas, cook-offs, and more. The park encompasses approximately 23,662 acres of land and 10,000 surface acres of water.
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| Master Watershed Steward | | The Master Watershed Steward program educates and trains citizens across the state of Arizona to serve as volunteers in the protection, restoration, monitoring, and conservation of their water and watersheds. |
| Montezuma Castle National Monument | | Montezuma Castle and Tuzigoot National Monuments are part of the North Central Arizona Monuments run by the National Park Service. Montezuma Castle and Tuzigoot are located in the Verde Valley, part of the Sonoran Desert ecosystem. Montezuma Well, a unique water source fed by underground springs, is also part of Montezuma Castle. |
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| Phoenix Weedwackers | | The Phoenix Weedwackers is an all volunteer organization formed to help eradicate invasive species from the Phoenix Mountain Preserves and surrounding areas. We are currently working to eradicate fountaingrass and buffelgrass. |
| Prescott Creeks Preservation Association | | Prescott
Creeks is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with the mission to
promote, protect and celebrate the ecological integrity of riparian
systems and associated wetlands in the central Arizona watersheds
through conservation, restoration and education.
Simply put, we protect, restore, and celebrate riparian ecosystems by
providing people with meaningful interactions with the creeks.
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| Recreational Equipment Inc | | REI is a national outdoor retail co-op dedicated to inspiring, educating and outfitting its members and the community for a lifetime of outdoor adventure and stewardship. Founded in 1938 by a group of Pacific Northwest mountaineers seeking quality equipment, REI is committed to promoting environmental stewardship and increasing access to outdoor recreation through volunteerism, gear donations and financial contributions. |
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| Saguaro National Park | | Enormous cacti, silhouetted by the setting sun, for most of us the Giant Saguaro is the universal symbol of the American West. And yet, these majestic plants are only found in a small portion of the United States. Saguaro National Park protects some of the most impressive forests of these sub-tropical giants, on the edge of the modern City of Tucson.
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| Sierra Club - Grand Canyon Chapter | | The Sierra Club was formed in 1892 by John Muir. Our Mission is: To explore, enjoy and protect the planet. To practice and promote the responsible use of the earth's ecosystems and resources; to educate and enlist humanity to protect and restore the quality of the natural and human environment; and to use all lawful means to carry out those objectives.
The Grand Canyon (Arizona) Chapter was started in 1966 as a way to help focus attention on stopping dams in Grand Canyon. The work to protect the Colorado River and Grand Canyon National Park continue today. The Grand Canyon Chapter helped win designation of four million acres of wilderness in Arizona, stopped numerous old growth logging proposals, helped restore and protect Fossil Creek, and continues to work to protect the Verde and San Pedro Rivers. We have won passage of key environmental legislation including the Environmental Quality Act, which protects our air and water, and the Heritage Fund, which provides funding for parks and wildlife, and have helped defeat legislation that would undercut environmental protections. Our chapter has helped promote clean renewable energy and energy efficiency programs as well as measures to improve air quality by supporting mass transit and a Clean Car standards.
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| Sky Island Alliance | | Sky Island Alliance is a grassroots organization dedicated to the protection and restoration of the rich natural heritage of native species and habitats in the Sky Island region of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.
We work with volunteers, scientists, land owners, public officials, and government agencies to establish protected areas, restore healthy landscapes, and promote public appreciation of the region's unique biological diversity. |
| Sonoran Desert Weedwackers | | The Sonoran Desert Weedwackers have been removing invasive grasses from Tucson Mountain Park since 2000. They work every third Saturday of the month year-round for about three hours. A smaller group also works on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month for about four hours. Pima County staff provides the equipment and transportation to the site.
The activity on Saturdays is moderate exertion whereas the Wednesday projects require a bit more stamina. The Weedwackers work year-round starting earlier (6:00am) during the summer and later (8:00am) in the winter. |
| Southwest Conservation Corps | | Southwest Conservation Corps (SCC) is a non-profit employment, job training and education organization with locations in Durango and Salaida, Colorado; and Tucson, Arizona. SCC formed as a merger of the Southwest Youth Corps and the Youth Corps of Southern Arizona.
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| The Nature Conservancy in Arizona | | Mission of The Nature Conservancy is to preserve the plants, animals and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive. |
| Tonto National Forest | | The Tonto National Forest is nearly 3 million acres of public land in central Arizona. Situated to the north and east of the Phoenix metro area, it extends from the Sonoran desert in the Cave Creek, Globe, Mesa, and Tonto Basin Ranger Districts to ponderosa pine and Douglas fir on the Pleasant Valley Ranger District and in the Mogollon Rim country of the Payson Ranger District. Six reservoirs and miles of river on the Salt and Verde Rivers, a wide array of campgrounds, trails, and roads of various driving difficulty levels are available for the recreating public. Commodity uses such as fuelwood cutting and grazing are permitted. In contrast, remote Wilderness areas on the Tonto provide undeveloped opportunities for solitude and non-motorized forms of recreation. The mission of the USDA Forest Service is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of the Nation’s forests and grasslands to meet the needs of present and future generations. |
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| Verde Watershed Association | | Public education & outreach for Verde River watershed area. |
| Volunteers for Outdoor Arizona | | The mission of Volunteers for Outdoor Arizona is to involve all Arizonans in
environmental stewardship through participation and support of outdoor volunteer work that
preserves, protects and enhances native habitat. VOAz conducts a variety of trail and habitat
projects on public and private protected lands around the state.
The OutdoorVolunteer.org program of VOAz was implemented in 2008 to further its mission.
VOAz provides leadership development opportunities for a variety of roles including trail and habitat work crew leading with volunteers, event planning and management, and food service.
I had a great time thanks to the impressive organization of VOAz as well as the dedication of the crew leaders. I was struck by the amount of thought and energy that goes into a project, with specific concern for the safety and enjoyment of all participants. Thanks for a memorable experience.
Jaimie Brown, Tucson Audubon Society, Volunteer
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| WILD BY NATURE | | In recognizing that the lands and natural resources have values of major social, economic, and environmental importance, WILD BY NATURE is an endeavor devoted to shaping Wilderness and near-Wilderness experiences that foster the honoring of our environment and holding in reverence the components of these natural systems. |
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| young Volunteers for Outdoor Arizona | | Through trail building and conservation work, young Volunteers for Outdoor Arizona (yVOAz) provides young outdoor enthusiasts with the opportunity to protect and enhance native habitat through a hands-on experience. Young Volunteers for Outdoor Arizona events are schedule through schools, clubs, corporations, and churches for any day of the week. For more information and to arrange a project, please contact us. Young Volunteers for Outdoor Arizona is a service of Volunteers for Outdoor Arizona.
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