Great Outdoors Day of Service 2026 (Paddle 'n PitchIN 🚮)
Schedule
Sat Jun 13 2026 at 08:00 am to 12:00 pm
UTC-07:00Location
Lower Salt River, Tonto National Forest | Mesa, AZ
June is Great Outdoors Month: a nationally-recognized celebration of America’s public lands and waters and the many ways to enjoy them. The Corps Network celebrates Great Outdoors Month – and National Service and Conservation Corps Day – with our Great Outdoors Day of Service, the second Saturday in June. https://corpsnetwork.org/event/great-outdoors-day-of-service-2025/
Volunteer to clean up debris along the lower Salt River with the Tonto National Forest (TNF) Mesa Ranger District River Rangers (RR) while enjoying the outdoors and cooling off at the river this summer!
Tonto volunteer pass (duration of the event), trash bags, and trash grabbers will be provided. Haul back provided unless carpooling with other volunteers. Youth volunteers welcome with parental supervision.
This is a bring your own watercraft event. PFD/life jacket required to be worn on the water for the duration of the event. No drugs/alcohol. No exceptions.
Put-in/Take-out locations TBD, but will include Water Users, Pebble Beach, Blue Point, Sheep's Crossing, Goldfield, Phon D Sutton, and Granite Reef.
Events run approx. 4 hours.
Where is it happening?
Lower Salt River, Tonto National Forest, Mesa,AZ,United States
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