Photos: Volunteers Clean Up the Arcadia Wash on Earth Day
Forty-one volunteers picked up trash, painted over graffiti and pulled out overgrown patches of Bufflegrass that grew along the Arcadia Wash walls near Highland Vista Park during the Earth Day Team Up to Cleanup event on April 22, 2022. The Earth Day event is part of the City of Tucson's partnership with Tucson Clean & Beautiful to have planned citywide clean up events between March and April. For more information or to signup visit climateaction.tucsonaz.gov.
Earth Day Team Up to Cleanup Event at Arcadia Wash
Kathy Waldron picks up litter with other volunteers inside the Arcadia Wash near Highland Vista Park during the Earth Day Team Up to Cleanup event, in Tucson, Ariz., on April 22, 2022. Forty-one volunteers picked up trash, painted over graffiti and pulled out overgrown patches of Bufflegrass that grew along the wash’s walls.
Earth Day Team Up to Cleanup Event at Arcadia Wash
Linda Araujo, from Tucson Water, picks up plastic out of the Arcadia Wash near Highland Vista Park during the Earth Day Team Up to Cleanup event, in Tucson, Ariz., on April 22, 2022.
Earth Day Team Up to Cleanup Event at Arcadia Wash
Deputy Chief Mike Garcia of the Tucson Fire Department, middle, and City of Tucson sanitation workers throw trash that Garcia collected into a garbage truck during the Earth Day Team Up to Cleanup event, in Tucson, Ariz., on April 22, 2022.
Earth Day Team Up to Cleanup Event at Arcadia Wash
Volunteers pick up trash out of the Arcadia Wash near Highland Vista Park at the Earth Day Team Up to Cleanup Event, in Tucson, Ariz., on April 22, 2022.
Earth Day Team Up to Cleanup Event at Arcadia Wash
Rosa Perez, a member of Team Up to Cleanup Tucson, paints over graffiti along the walls in the Arcadia Wash near Highland Vista Park during the Earth Day Team Up to Cleanup Event after giving a speech, thanking volunteers, in Tucson, Ariz., on April 22, 2022.
Earth Day Team Up to Cleanup Event at Arcadia Wash
Stephen Addison, a member of Team Up to Cleanup Tucson, rakes up Bufflegrass outside the Earth Day Team Up to Cleanup event, in Tucson, Ariz., on April 22, 2022.
Earth Day Team Up to Cleanup Event at Arcadia Wash
A volunteer digs out overgrown Bufflegrass inside the Arcadia Wash near Highland Vista Park at the Earth Day Team Up to Cleanup Event, in Tucson, Ariz., on April 22, 2022.
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