Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Hassayampa Nature Park - Wickenburg AZ




The DBG TEEN group has offered to help The Nature Conservancy plan and design their Community Nature Park on their newly aquired 33 acres. The TEENS started with conducting a plant survey, including all native and non-native plants. They are taking samples, putting them in a press, writing descriptions, plant names and taking location readings with a GPS. This will be done over two weekends. They will then brainstorm ideas for possible nature discovery stations, interpretive signage, and actually design the park with the hiking trails, horse trails, restrooms, and a entry kiosk. They are working hard on this project, so stay posted for updates and more detailed information soon.

Summer Fun!
















Just a few fun photos of those crazy TEENs helping and (playing) at Eco Camp.

TEEN Recycling Center Trip


The DBG TEENS visited the Recycling Transfer Station in North Phoenix last month. We were not really sure as to what to expect, but I think that we were all surprised at what we saw, lots and lots of stuff! Stuff that would have gone to a landfill years ago but now that stuff is being recycled into new drinking bottles, faux lumber to make benches and picnic tables, new paper and paper products, etc. They actually dump everything onto fast moving conveyor belts and employees hand sort everything by hand....they were quite talented! Paper is the number one recycled material and over 300 tons of recycled items are sorted and packed up each day. We definitley saw community progress that day!