36A Ranch Clean Up March 24-25

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RANCH CLEAN UP

Cleaning up Undocumented Immigrant Trash in Game Management Unit 36A

 

 

When:

 

Saturday, Sunday March 24-25, 2012; 8:00 AM start

 

 

 

What:

 

The Arizona Game and Fish Department will sponsor a Cleanup project of Undocumented Immigrant trash, in remote areas of the Sierrita Mountains, in partnership with the Arizona chapter of Safari Club International (SCI) and the Pima County Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation. A base camp opens Friday afternoon, March 23, on the Marley Ranch, 0.80 miles north of the blacktop, off Batamote Road, accessible at Arivaca Road milepost 17.6, whichwill serve as a staging area for volunteers both Saturday and Sunday mornings.

 

 

 

Food:

 

Lunch will be provided on Saturday and Sunday from 12pm-1:30pm, by the Arizona chapter of Safari Club International, but camping volunteers should provide their own camping gear and supplies for other meals.Please let us know if you will be out so we can provide enough food for lunch.

 

 

 

Directions are as follows:

 

· I-19 southbound from Tucson to the Arivaca Road exit at Amado;

 

· Exit west on Arivaca Road, right and then left through Amado, then southwest to milepost 17.6;

 

· Turn right, then go northwest .8 mile on Batamote dirt road;

 

· GPS coordinates: N 31º43.655, W 111º09.588.

 

 

 

Trash bags, Gloves,trash pickers and dumpsters will be available at the base camp. Volunteers may clean up other borderlands areas of interest to them, and will be provided with equipment and supplies to use. Interested volunteersshould RSVP to Wildlife Manager Karen Klima, 520-975-6490, kklima@azgfd.gov

 

***Some free prizes will be awarded; these are made possible by Sportsman’s Warehouse, Tucson