Eagle Foothills Cleanup a big success
About 65 volunteers recruited by M3 Companies fanned out onto BLM land in the Eagle Foothills on May 17 to clean up hundreds of pounds of old debris. Items removed included shot-up 55-gallon drums, computers, a rusted truck pickup bed, tires, tin cans, refrigerators, freezers, barbed wire and many pounds of general litter.
The cleanup was sponsored by M3 Companies, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Keep America Beautiful – the Great American Cleanup, a national organization that works toward a cleaner, greener America by assisting community cleanup projects across the United States. An estimated 3 million volunteers nationwide will participate in Great American Cleanup projects in 2008.
“There’s been a lot of trash and dumping on BLM land over a long period of time, and we thought it would be important to go out there and clean it up so people can enjoy it,” said Gerry Robbins, senior vice president of M3 Companies in Eagle. “The BLM land is our neighbor, and we want to be good stewards of the land.”
In the Eagle Foothills, cleanup volunteers, including 15 Eagle High athletes, piled debris into a 20-cubic-yard dumpster provided by the BLM. Split into five groups, volunteers combed BLM land on the east and west sides of Idaho Highway 16, north of Beacon Light Road. Other participants in the project included Eagle Mayor Phil Bandy, State Sen. Brad Little, State Sen. Stan Bastian, Ada County Highway Commissioner John Franden, Eagle Chamber President Teri Bath, St. Luke’s Eagle, Stanley Consultants and many citizens.
Mary May, M3 Companies Community Liaison, said she was pleased to see all of the volunteers from Eagle come out and join the effort to cleanup the foothills. “This has been a great effort by a wide diversity of folks in the Eagle area,” May said. “We hope this project is the first of many to come where we can work together to improve natural resources in the Eagle Foothills.”
As the Eagle Informer reported, the volunteers braved ant bites, scratches from discarded strands of barbed wire and lots of dust and dirt. Fortunately, Pat Burton from St. Luke’s Eagle Medical Center was on hand with her first-aid kit.
As a thank you to volunteers for donating their time, M3 Companies provided commemorative T-shirts and Koozies, and served a lunch after the project was completed.
“We really appreciate the effort to step up and organize a cleanup project on BLM land,” said Paul Seronko, a BLM soil scientist who also coordinates numerous community cleanup projects for the agency in Idaho. “It’s always great to remove junk and debris from our public lands and work on community partnerships.”
Additional clean-up efforts for the Eagle Foothills are planned. M3 recognizes that the Eagle Foothills are a significant natural resource for everyone to enjoy and encourages users to pursue a high level of care and stewardship when accessing BLM and M3 Eagle lands. Since M3 fenced and limited access to its property in the Little Gulch area, trash and off-trail damage has been substantially reduced, and areas impacted by off-road vehicles are recovering.
"We appreciate everyone’s help and cooperation in keeping the foothills looking good," said May.
The cleanup was sponsored by M3 Companies, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Keep America Beautiful – the Great American Cleanup, a national organization that works toward a cleaner, greener America by assisting community cleanup projects across the United States. An estimated 3 million volunteers nationwide will participate in Great American Cleanup projects in 2008.
“There’s been a lot of trash and dumping on BLM land over a long period of time, and we thought it would be important to go out there and clean it up so people can enjoy it,” said Gerry Robbins, senior vice president of M3 Companies in Eagle. “The BLM land is our neighbor, and we want to be good stewards of the land.”
In the Eagle Foothills, cleanup volunteers, including 15 Eagle High athletes, piled debris into a 20-cubic-yard dumpster provided by the BLM. Split into five groups, volunteers combed BLM land on the east and west sides of Idaho Highway 16, north of Beacon Light Road. Other participants in the project included Eagle Mayor Phil Bandy, State Sen. Brad Little, State Sen. Stan Bastian, Ada County Highway Commissioner John Franden, Eagle Chamber President Teri Bath, St. Luke’s Eagle, Stanley Consultants and many citizens.
Mary May, M3 Companies Community Liaison, said she was pleased to see all of the volunteers from Eagle come out and join the effort to cleanup the foothills. “This has been a great effort by a wide diversity of folks in the Eagle area,” May said. “We hope this project is the first of many to come where we can work together to improve natural resources in the Eagle Foothills.”
As the Eagle Informer reported, the volunteers braved ant bites, scratches from discarded strands of barbed wire and lots of dust and dirt. Fortunately, Pat Burton from St. Luke’s Eagle Medical Center was on hand with her first-aid kit.
As a thank you to volunteers for donating their time, M3 Companies provided commemorative T-shirts and Koozies, and served a lunch after the project was completed.
“We really appreciate the effort to step up and organize a cleanup project on BLM land,” said Paul Seronko, a BLM soil scientist who also coordinates numerous community cleanup projects for the agency in Idaho. “It’s always great to remove junk and debris from our public lands and work on community partnerships.”
Additional clean-up efforts for the Eagle Foothills are planned. M3 recognizes that the Eagle Foothills are a significant natural resource for everyone to enjoy and encourages users to pursue a high level of care and stewardship when accessing BLM and M3 Eagle lands. Since M3 fenced and limited access to its property in the Little Gulch area, trash and off-trail damage has been substantially reduced, and areas impacted by off-road vehicles are recovering.
"We appreciate everyone’s help and cooperation in keeping the foothills looking good," said May.
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