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Beat Back Buffelgrass Day Thank You

Beat Back Buffelgrass Day 2011 was a success because of the time, energy and support from individuals and organizations throughout Southern Arizona

Publicity and Recording:

Pima Association of Governments (PAG) provided the great posters and graphics for the event
Tucson Electric Power's John Brown created a phenomenal public service announcement (view)
Coach Mike Candrea and the University of Arizona Women's Softball Team supported us with publicity spots and brought the UA community out to dig! (view)
Cox Communications and Comcast aired the public service announcements on their cable channels
Mark Mclemore of Arizona Public Media produced In-depth Arizona segments with Julio Betancourt and LIndy Brigham (listen) and Coach Candrea (listen)
KXCI aired several informational pieces about buffelgrass and the event.
The Arizona Sonora Desert Museum's Tim Vimmerstedt, video tapped the events at the Brandi Fenton site for future use by SABCC.

Equipment and Supplies

Unicoa Industrial Supply donated 200 pairs of leather gloves
Doug Siegel from Pima County Natural Resources Parks and Recreation contributed tools and organized the distribution of equipment to the sites.
Coffee Exchange on Tanque Verde provided refreshments for the crew working the area

Site Organization:

Boy Scouts (Eric Huelsman)
City of Tucson Ward 1/SW Conservation Corps (Diana Rhodes)
City of Tucson/Coffee Exchange (Doug Crockett)
Colossal Cave Mountain Park (Lauren Hohl)
Ironwood Forest National Monument (Darrell Tersery)
Pima County Natural Resources Parks and Recreation (Doug Siegel)/Sonoran Desert Weedwackers (Marilyn Hanson)
Saguaro National Park West District (Bethany Hontz)
Sycamore Canyon Conservation (Lia Lavallee)
Tanque Verde Weedwackers (Sally Danielson)
Town of Marana (Janine Spencer)
Town of Oro Valley (Carmen Ryan))
Town of Sahuarita (Mary Reynolds) (view)
Tucson Audubon (Kendall Kroesen)
Tucson Clean and Beautiful (BJ Cordova)
Friends of Urban Wildlife (Erin Willett)
SABCC/UA Softball Team (view)
Coronado National Forest (Sharron Biedenbender) /Tucson Convention & Visitors Bureau Brooke Sauer) (view)
Porsche Club (Mark Fuller)
Arizona Sonora Desert Museum (Robin Kropp)
Pima County Flood Control (Jennifer Becker)

Site Support:

Dana Backer - Saguaro National Park - provided site leaders to lead groups of volunteers at the Brandi Fenton site
Wendy Burroughs, Meg Quinn and Doug Siegel - PCNRPR - organized the Brandi Fenton site and provided volunteers to help at the site.
Steve Brigham and Paul Schwyhart parked cars, and Susan Andersen (RN) and Robert Fernandez (MD) provided medical support at the Brandi Fenton site.
Travis Bean provided site support at Brandi Fenton
BJ Cordova - Tucson Clean and Beautiful - provided sites and resources for several groups and helped secure tools and equipment.
SABCC Board Members - Sarah Smallhouse, Julio Betancourt, Claire Zucker, Jim Kiser, Charles Hutchinson, Meg Weesner came out and pulled with the rest of the community!

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