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YARDS Gradua-

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Emerging Threat:

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The time each Spring around Earth Day (April 22) is our community’s time to recommit to improving our environment and quality of life on a daily basis. To that end, TCB welcomes your participation, whether you just want to learn more, volunteer your time, attend, anddonate toward this goal:

April 3: Buffelgrass removal, Pantano Wash just north of Golf Links, 8:30-11:30 a.m. RSVP to Erin, outreach@buffelgrass.org or call (520) 837-6836.

April 4: School minigrant application deadline. Application at http://www.tucsoncleanandbeautiful.org or call (520) 837-6832.

April 5: Cleanup—Rillito River at Oracle Rd., 8:00 a.m. to noon. RSVP to Jean, (520) 837-6834 or adoptapark@tucsonaz.gov

April 5: Oro Valley Water Harvesting Roundup: 9:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m., Oro Valley Library, 1305 W. Naranja Dr.—stop by the TCB booth and enter to win a free tree compliments of Trees for Tucson!

April 6: Viva La Local Food Festival, Rillito Downs, 1st Ave. south of River Rd. Bring your TEP account number and $5 and pick up TFT trees!

<— April 9: Arizona Gives Day! Details on this statewide event to the left.

April 12: Tucson Children's Earth Day Festival (20th Anniversary): 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m., Reid Park, Country Club Rd. north of 22nd St.—stop by the TCB booth and enter to win a free tree compliments of Trees for Tucson!

April 12: Whole Foods electronics recycling, 8:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., 3360 E. Speedway east of Country Club, and 5555 E. River Rd. at Craycroft. Free recycling of most electronics; $5 fee for CRT televisions and monitors

April 18: University of Arizona Medical Center - Earth Day (held at the Arizona Health Sciences Center plaza, south side of UMC), 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.—stop by and enter to win a free tree compliments of Trees for Tucson!

April 22: Savaya Coffee Market, Conservation Café series, 5350 E. Broadway Blvd., 7 p.m.: learn more about the impacts of Tucson Clean & Beautiful programs, and roundtable discussion, what can the community do

April 25: Arbor Day—plant and care for your home and community trees!

May 9: Desert Horticulture Conference: http://cals.arizona.edu/deserthort

Ongoing: Jim Click Jeep Cherokee raffle, $25/ticket or 5 for $100. Call (520) 837-6832 to purchase tickets! Proceeds benefit TCB programs.

NEWS! Our Third Decade of Community Partnership! S P R I N G 2 0 1 4

Happy Earth Month! Join us at these upcoming community events:

Support Tucson Clean & Beauti-ful programs: Arizona Gives

Day is Wednes-day April 9!

Schedule your donation online: azgives.org and help TCB main-tain and expand

programs! A membership form is on page 2, or call (520) 837-

6830 to contrib-ute by card.

Tucson Clean & Beautiful P.O. Box 27210

Tucson, AZ 85726 Office: (520) 791-3109

Tucson Recycles Info Line: (520) 791-5000

tcb@tucsonaz.gov tucsoncleanandbeautiful.org

Facebook: tucsoncleanandbeautiful Twitter: @tcbtrees4tucson

TCB Board of Directors:

Executive Board

Michael Jette, President

Pam Idler, Vice President

Maximiliano Torres, Secretary

Richard Block, Treasurer

Sally Gestautas, Past President

Barbara Ricca, Management Chair

Board Members

Deron Beal Cate Bradley

Maddy Bynes Judy Dare

Melanie Emerson Beth Gorman

Libby Howell Wilson Hughes

Joseph Maher Larry Robinson

Dave Stadle Jason Tankersley

Viviane Thompson Howard Ward

TCB Staff Members

Joan E. Lionetti, Executive Director

BJ Cordova, Development/Communications

Sofia Angkasa, Office Manager

Katie Gannon, Trees for Tucson Director

Rocky Yosek, TFT Operations Coordinator

Dawna Gravley, TFT Project Coordinator

Scout Radler, TFT Program Assistant

Rebecca Quintero, Recycling Education

Jean Hickman, Adopt a Park/Public Areas

Erin Willett, Buffelgrass Outreach

PopCycle volunteers, recently recognized for adopting Groves II Park on Tucson’s east side, went above and beyond when they quickly reported a brush fire at their site. The brush happened to be buffelgrass, and after Tucson Fire tackled the flames the group along with TCB quickly set up a buffelgrass removal day to mitigate this threat to the park and neighboring homes. Great job!

Our volunteers can now provide their group’s work reports online (Adopt a Park, Project Leader Resources page): www.tucsoncleanandbeautiful.org

Join TCB in thanking these recently recognized volunteers, who along with more than 270 other groups work tirelessly to keep our community cleaner. More volunteers needed, call (520) 837‐6834!

Cesar Chavez Park—El Sendero Groves II Park—Pop Cycle Santa Rosa Park—U of A National Society of Collegiate Scholars Speedway (Kolb to Wilmot)—Radisson Suites University Blvd. (Euclid to Main)—U of A Beta Theta Pi

Thank You Volunteers & Emergency Responders!

Mission Statement: The purpose of Tuc-son Clean & Beautiful, Inc., a non-profit organization, is to preserve and improve our environment, conserve natural re-sources, and enhance the quality of life in the City of Tucson & eastern Pima County. These goals will be achieved through initiating educational & partici-patory programs implemented with broad-citizen, multi-culture support.

Join or renew your membership today! TCB members are eligible for great discounts at local plant nurseries and other partners providing environmentally friendly goods and services - including Civano Nursery, 5301 S. Houghton Rd., offering a 10% discount on additional trees that you may need for your beautifying your property!

TUCSON CLEAN & BEAUTIFUL NEWS

Arizona Gives Day is on Wednesday, March 20, 2013, in support of AZ charities. Help raise funds for Tucson Clean & Beautiful programs, make a contribution and become a TCB member—on that day, or sooner if you like! Support cleaner parks, streets and washes, more trees, better recycling options and many more TCB efforts to improve our environment and quality of life—today! BONUS: TCB may also be eli-gible for prizes through this campaign based on the number of new donors and funds raised! New and current donors participating through this program will also be entered to win a free tree. Suggested contribution minimums: Student & Senior $15; Individual $20; Family $30 Additional recognition for contribution for Business $100-$500; Corporate $500-$2,000; Benefactor $2,000 or more; Organization Sponsor $5,000 or more Or mail your contribution via check to: Tucson Clean & Beautiful, P.O. Box 27210, Tucson, AZ 85726. Donations are accepted year-round, but note “Arizona Gives Day” & postmark by March 20, 2013 for prize entry!

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[ ] YES, I want to be a sustaining member! I pledge to contribute $ ______ monthly (minimum $10) Or, choose annual membership category: [ ] Student, or [ ] Senior $25 [ ] Individual $35 [ ] Family $50 [ ] Business $100 to $500 [ ] Corporate $500 to $2,000 [ ] Benefactor - $2,000+ [ ] Sponsor $5,000+ [ ] My company matches donations (please include matching gift form or instructions) Membership Dues: $ _________ Name: ____________________________________________________ Additional Gift: $ _________ Total Donation: $ _________ Company: ________________________________________________ Please mail this form with your donation to: Address: _________________________________________________ Tucson Clean & Beautiful City: ________________________ State: _____ Zip: ______________ P.O. Box 27210, Tucson, AZ 85726 Donate by phone: (520) 837-6830 Phone Number: ____________________________________________ Or online via Network for Good! www.tucsoncleanandbeautiful.org E-mail: ___________________________________________________

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Electronics Recycling: Whole Foods, April 12, 2014! TCB has once again partnered with Whole Foods and Westech Recyclers to offer electronics collection events! On Saturday April 12, 2014 from 8:00 a.m.‐1:00 p.m., both Whole Foods locations in Tucson will have elec‐tronics recycling in their parking lots: Foothills, 5555 E. River Rd. at Cray‐croft, and Midtown, 3360 E. Speedway Blvd., east of Country Club. Most electronics may be recycled at no charge. There is a fee of $5.00 for each CRT television and CRT monitor brought for recycling at this event. Cell phones will be collected to benefit Emerge! Center Against Domestic Abuse, and printer cartridges via Cartridge World Tucson to benefit TCB.

For Tucson area recycling info, email recycle@tucsonaz.gov—call (520) 791‐5000 or visit the Recycling Direc‐tory online: www.tucsoncleanandbeautiful.org

TCB is excited to announce the availability of Trees for Tucson online ordering and payment! TEP and Trico residential customers may obtain discounted trees for home shade to help reduce energy usage as the trees grow! The website also includes tree descriptions and pictures. Visit www.treesfortucson.org today! Paper applications continue to be available for those who would prefer to mail in a check rather than paying online. Simply call (520) 837-6829 for assistance. Special appreciation to Brink Creative Digital, brink.com, for support far above and beyond the call of duty for redevelopment of the entire TCB website! What do you think about the new look and functions? Email tcb-admin@tucsonaz.gov with your comments.

Trees for Tucson: Order Online!

TUCSON CLEAN & BEAUTIFUL NEWS SPRING 2014

Trees for Tucson is encouraged by the City of Tucson and Tucson Electric Power beginning to partner on a new Utility Tree Replacement Program! For many years, TCB along with city staff and members of the Landscape Advisory Committee have advocated for removal of trees planted directly under power lines that continue to require unsightly and costly trimming by TEP contractors. The practice of trimming, topping and otherwise shaping trees growing near power lines into unnatural shapes in an attempt to prevent powerline damage and electrical outages was less aesthetically pleasing and unhealthy for the now unbalanced trees, and in spite of the utility’s best efforts the trees would quickly regrow toward the power lines. To ensure minimal community impact, the program includes planting at least 2 replacement trees for every one removed 1 removed at nearby locations that won’t interfere with power lines, and selecting appropriate trees. This effort reduces TEP maintenance needs while improving citywide landscape and tree canopy. Do your part: plant the right tree in the right place, so that our urban tree canopy will continue to contribute to the social, environmental and economic and health benefits for all of our community to enjoy!

Utility Tree Replacement Program

Buffelgrass is an invasive plant from Africa that has the potential to dramatically alter the Sonoran Desert we know and love. Buffelgrass is also growing in our ur-ban areas, along our streets, alleys, washes and even in yards where it presents a serious fire hazard. We encourage buffelgrass eradication throughout the year but Spring is a wonderful time to remove it. The ground is sometimes damp which makes digging easier and the temperature is perfect for working outside. To learn more about identification and removal visit the Southern Arizona Buffel-grass Coordination Center's website: http://www.buffelgrass.org — and to sched-ule a buffelgrass presentation at your Neighborhood meeting or for help organizing a buffelgrass removal project, contact: Erin Willett, outreach@buffelgrass.org or (520) 837-6836.

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SPRING 2014 TUCSON CLEAN & BEAUTIFUL NEWS

Beat Back Buffelgrass—Every Day!

TCB will soon be planting more than 30 new trees on the Pantano Wash just north of Golf Links. These are trees that have been purchased by community members, dedicated as a permanent way to honor or remember friends and family. Already more than 130 trees have been planted over the past 1 1/2 years, with a goal of 580 trees to fill the Pantano linear park area from just south of Golf Links Rd. all the way to Kenyon Dr. A dedication ceremony is being planned for mid-May 2014. Prior to that time, volunteers will also be removing invasive buffelgrass and fountaingrass from the park site. Trees are available for $225 each, including the tree and irrigation installation, name inscription on the com-memorative wall, and a certificate. Call (520) 837-6832 or email tcb@tucsonaz.gov to dedicate a tree.

Y.A.R.D.S (Youth Achieving Resource Development Skills) is a landscape maintenance & job skills training program for at risk youth. The primary goal is to provide education opportunity and structure to develop and reinforce each student’s individual potential to become a productive citizen, while cre-ating a catalyst for reducing recidivism within the Pima County Juvenile Court System. The program has been supported by The Wolslager Foundation and many community partners.

Saturday, April 12, 2014 TCB and its partners will celebrate the 11th graduating class of Y.A.R.D.S. Our students will have completed a nine week landscape maintenance and job skills training. Join us for the students’ graduation ceremony—for more information, final location details and to RSVP, email: tcb@tucsonaz.gov or call (520) 837-6830.

Pantano Commemorative Trees Still Available for Spring Dedication

YARDS Graduation: April 12, 2014

Emerging Threat: Sahara Mustard Another invasive that continues to spread in our desert community is Sahara Mustard! Long a problem in California deserts where it has re-placed wildflowers, this invasive has been spotted more and more fre-quently right here in Tucson! More importantly, it seems to be spreading even faster than buffelgrass. Thank you to the Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum for its invasives plant guide. Visit for more information: http://www.desertmuseum.org/invaders/invaders_saharamustard.php