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Cleaning up after wildcat dumpers.
On Saturday morning, seven local residents took trucks and trailers into the Tonto National Forest south of Superior to remove trash, furniture, beer bottles, cable casings and construction material from the desert. Tonto National Forest officials have been increasingly concerned that more and more wildcat dumping is occurring on the forest due to the lack of a transfer station or dump in Superior.
The volunteers loaded and dumped trash into a roll off container donated by Resolution Copper. In about four hours the dumpster was filled three quarters full by Bill and Nancy Vogler, Bruce Armitage, Tom Spridgen and DeLores Hatfield, Jim Schenck and Mila Besich-Lira. A larger desert cleanup is being planned by the Footprints Matter Organization for Oct. 1.
Anyone seeing illegal dumping in the desert should report it to the Tonto National Forest or the Superior Police Department.
Volunteers spent a weekend cleaning up the desert near Superior.
Mila Besich is a resident of Superior with two children. She volunteers for many local organizations. She is an experienced fundraiser and event planner for Copper Corridor Economic Development Coalition. She covers some of the area town councils and schools.
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