SPONSORS: Toyota
TOYOTA & National Public Lands Day
Toyota demonstrates environmental stewardship on National Public Lands Day when Toyota employees gather at worksites throughout the country to lend a hand to our public lands.
| National Public Lands Day 2005/Toyota Worksites | ||
| Name of Site | Contact Info | Work Project |
| California | ||
| Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach | Kathy Mota 19001 South Western Avenue Torrance, CA 90501 Ph: 310-468-6919 |
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| Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach | Brenda Montoya Toyota Los Angeles Regional Office 2 Banting Irvine, CA 92618 Ph: 949-727-2737 |
Removed invasive plants and planted 470 plants. |
| Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach | Barbara Simkin, Toyota Technical Center 1630 West 186th Street Gardena, CA 90248 Ph: 310-787-5592 |
Thirteen volunteers removed invasive plants and planted 470 plants. |
| Clayton Community Library | Bryan Hancock Jeff Johnson Toyota 2451 Bishop Drive San Ramon, CA 94583 925-275-3301 (Bryan) 925-275-3323 (Jeff) bryan_hancock@toyota.com jeff_Johnson@toyota.com | Seven volunteers joined members of the community in planting more than 100 native plants at Clayton Community Library's interpretive area and refurbishing the trail and seating area. |
| Stivers Lagoon Children's Nature Study Area Central Park | Steven Spivak New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. (NUMMI) 45500 Fremont Boulevard, Mail Stop 180 Fremont, CA 94538 Ph: 510-498-5667 |
Fifty volunteers removed 600 pounds of non-native vegetation, including blackberries; shoveled and raked 12,500 pounds of wood chips along the main Muskrat trail; and picked up 30 bags of litter and debris from Mission and Muskrat Creeks. The clearing work completed by the volunteers opened up areas to the more than 1,700 students who come through the park each year. |
| Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach | Pat Murphy TABC 6375 Paramount Boulevard Long Beach, CA 90801 Ph: 562-984-4516 |
Eighteen volunteers removed invasive plants and planted 470 plants. |
| Mormon Rocks at the San Bernardino National Forest | John Sanders Parts Distribution Center 1425 Toyota Way Ontario, CA 91761 Ph: 909-975-7970 |
Eighty volunteers cleared two miles of trail, painted interpretive signs, and repaired a Native American structure. |
| Colorado | ||
| Chatfield State Park | Bruce Papich Toyota 9676 Maroon Circle Englewood, CO 80112 Ph: 303-799-7557 |
Seventy volunteers cleared 150-200 yards of shoreline vegetation, including Russian Olive, Willows, and Cottonwood stumps; fenced Cottonwood trees to protect them from beaver activity; removed trash from the shoreline area; and opened up a stretch of shoreline used by fishermen by removing vegetation. |
| District of Columbia | ||
| C&O Canal National Historic Park | Janine Thurman 1850 M Street, NW Suite 600 Washington, DC 20036 Ph: 202-463-6818 |
Five volunteers resurfaced a trail by Lockhouse 8. |
| Florida | ||
| Tree Hill Nature Center | Jim Roberts 9985 Pritchard Road Jacksonville, FL 32219 Ph: 904-378-4701 |
Forty-five volunteers cleaned creeks, spread mulch, removed vines off the fence line, trimmed back tree limbs from trails, weeded large beds around the maintenance building, and picked up trash and debris. |
| Georgia | ||
| Historic Grant Park | Nicole Johnson 11540 Great Oaks Way Alpharetta, GA 30022 Ph: 770-777-9770 |
Twenty-six volunteers planted six native trees and spread mulch for erosion control, soil moisture retention, and reduction of soil compaction. |
| Illinois | ||
| Dick Young Forest Preserve | Rick Vernon Toyota 2350 Sequoia Drive Aurora, IL 60506 Ph: 630-907-6212 |
Thirty-five volunteers harvested 65 pounds of prairie seeds that will be used to convert 200 acres of farmland back to native landscape. The value of the seed collected was $7,250. |
| Indiana | ||
| Wirth Memorial Park | Nina Schultheis Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Indiana (TMMI) PA1 4000 Tulip Tree Drive Princeton, IN 47670 Ph: 812-387-2124 |
More than one hundred volunteers painted two buildings, playground equipment, and picnic tables; landscaped around the new entrance sign purchased by TMMI; raked; cleaned gutters; weeded; laid railroad ties; mulched; and began constructing a produce stand |
| Kentucky | ||
| Big Bone Lick State Park | Debbie Finnell Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America, Inc 25 Atlantic Ave., Mail Code: ENV-NA Erlanger, KY 41018 Ph: 859-746-6633 |
Sixty volunteers cleaned up the campground perimeter; removed trash; filled well with top soil; transplanted trees and plants; made a flower bed around a sign; rebuilt horse shoe courts; painted the Nature Center; removed weeds; and removed a sand box and playground surface. |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Park | William Taylor GA/CR-K Toyota Motor Manufacturing-Kentucky 1001 Cherry Blossom Way Georgetown, KY 40324 Ph: 502-868-3025 |
One hundred and fifty volunteers repaired the gazebo roof; cleaned, painted, and repaired community center and ball field restrooms; repaired and painted baseball field and fencing; cleared underbrush from around the tennis courts; tore out old fencing; repaired the backstop at the practice ball field; prepared the basketball and tennis courts for resurfacing; and completed other general cleaning and painting projects |
| Maryland | ||
| Fort McHenry | Fran Seaman Central Atlantic Toyota Distributors 6710 Baymeadow Drive, Glen Burnie, MD 21060 Ph: 410-787-8226 |
Project cancelled due to heavy rain. Will take place in the spring. |
| Massachusetts | ||
| Wrentham State Forest |
Briana Nelson Boston Toyota Office 440 Forbes Boulevard Mansfield, MA 02048 Ph: 508-261-2513 |
Thirty-five volunteers cleared brush along the Warner Trail. |
| Michigan | ||
| Washtenaw County Farm Park | Hannah Murray Toyota Technical Center 1588 Woodridge, RR#7 Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Ph: 734-995-3762 (Hannah) |
Forty volunteers removed invasive buckthorn which crowds out native trees and shrubs, prevents their regeneration, and can even kill them. |
| Missouri | ||
| Cuivre River State Park | Kathryn Ragsdale Bodine Aluminum-Troy Manufacturing Site 100 Cherry Blossom Way Troy, MO 63379 Ph: 636-462-1071 |
Thirty volunteers rejuvenated a savannah, including clearing invasive trees and plants from trails, chopping logs for firewood for campers, collecting seeds, spreading tens of thousands of seeds, and cleaning up debris |
| New Jersey | ||
| Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge - Basking Ridge | Paul Doleshal Toyota 16 Henderson Drive West Caldwell, NJ 07006 Ph: 973-882-6316 |
Thirty-seven volunteers removed invasive bamboo from a half-acre area, which allowed the rangers to return this field to a productive wildlife habitat, helped beatify the park, and protected the environmental health of this important watershed. |
| New York | ||
| Washington Square Park | Juliet Williams TMA 9 W. 57th Street, Suite 4900 New York, NY 10019 Ph: 212-715-7434 |
Forty volunteers planted, raked, mulched, and completed general clean up of the park, including the front entrance and a playground area. |
| Ohio | ||
| City of Blue Ash Community Center | Barb Velten Toyota 4550 Creek Road Cincinnati, OH 45242 Ph: 513-745-7590 |
Project cancelled due to heavy rain. Will take place in the spring. |
| Oregon | ||
| Columbia Children's Arboretum | Todd Wright Toyota 8338 N.E. Alderwood Drive Suite 210 Portland, OR 97220 Ph: 503-493-4929 |
Forty volunteers pulled weeds and removed invasive blackberry trees from around trees and bushes, placed mulch at the base of trees and shrubs, pruned trees, planted rose bushes, and trimmed high grass in an orchard. |
| Puerto Rico | ||
| San Juan National Historic Site | Saskia Gómez Toyota de Puerto Rico 1064 Munoz Rivera Avenue San Juan, PR 00927 Ph: 787-641-3800, x-1305 |
Cleaned the beach surrounding Fort San Juan de la Cruz. |
| Texas | ||
| Mitchell Lake Audubon Center | Dee Theus Toyota 800 Sontera, Suite 350 San Antonio, TX 78528 Ph: 210-402-2107 |
Conducted a variety of landscaping activities, including planting flowers and trees and revitalizing existing gardens. |
| San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site | David Copeland Gulf States Toyota 7701 Wilshire Place Drive Houston, TX 77040 Ph: 713-580-3306 |
Project cancelled due to evacuation of Houston for Hurricane Rita. |
| Mitchell Lake Audubon Center | Priscilla Gutierrez 485 Quentin Roosevelt, #800 San Antonio, TX 78226 Ph: 210-263-4141 Ph: 210-263-4142 (Priscilla) |
Conducted a variety of landscaping activities, including planting flowers and trees and revitalizing existing gardens. |
| West Virginia | ||
| Hurricane City Park | Laquita Harris Toyota Motor Manufacturing-West Virginia 1 Sugar Maple Lane Buffalo, WV 25033 Ph: 304-937-7202 |
Painted swing frames, replaced boards on wooden benches and swings, mulched around the playground area and walking trail, and replaced shrubs around a monument. |