Let’s meet 19 dedicated highway adopters

Congratulations to the new Adopt a Highway volunteer groups celebrated in the image above. Whether you are new to the program, renewed your permit or signed up to conduct a marathon two-day cleanup, thank you for kicking off your summer with us! 

Special thanks goes to these four groups that scheduled cleanups in the communities of Klagetoh, Greer, Chinle and Page. Combined, they filled 153 trash bags. That’s about 2,100 pounds of roadside trash removed from along 62 miles:

• Klagetoh Chapter Land Use Committee
• In honor of Herb Owens and Rod Iverson
• In memory of Eric and Nolan Todacheeny
• Jadi Habitiin Enterprise

Why do we ask leaders to report after each cleanup in the Adopt a Highway reporting tool? We rely on the number of bags filled and the number of participants involved, to better understand the impact of trash reduction along state managed highways and the number of volunteers responsible for its success.  

If you’d like to learn more about the program or join us for a morning cleanup, please visit azdot.gov/adoptahighway. Picking up trash is a surprisingly gratifying way to help achieve the positive results we all want to see in the world around us.