SAFFORD — Volunteers taking part in Gila Watershed Partnership’s next First Friday event will go on a field trip.
Planting for Restoration will see volunteers helping make root cages and plant native plants at GWP’s Gila Riverside sites.
The volunteers who take part in the First Friday events help GWP with both the work and the ability to secure grant funding for other projects.
“They’re like, ‘Hey, we’re going to give you dollars, but then you also need to come up with either dollars or time or volunteers or whatever.’ So it is directly going to impact our ability to continue to do our work,” said Dr. Sarah Sayles, executive director for Gila Watershed Partnership.
The First Friday Volunteer Event and Social will take place Friday, Oct. 3. Volunteers will meet at the Gila Native Plants Nursery at Discovery Park Campus of EAC at 7 a.m. for a ride out to the site, with a return time of 11 a.m. A light breakfast will be provided.
RSVP to info@gwpaz.org. Seats in the van are limited and participants may also caravan in their own vehicles; however, four-wheel drive vehicles are recommended.
