Learn How You Can Help Spruce Up Our Beautiful Lands!

SPONSOR: Toyota

TOYOTA & National Public Lands Day

Toyota volunteers
At Castlewood Canyon State Park in Colorado, Toyota volunteers remove cottonwood trees that loomed over the historic 1898 Lucas Homestead house.  Left undisturbed the cottonwoods would eventually fall on the house.


Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc. has sponsored the National Public Lands Day program for the past 11 years. In addition to their sponsorship, for over a decade Toyota has also encouraged their employees to get involved in NPLD activities throughout the nation by helping to care for parks, forests, rivers, beaches, shorelines and other public lands. On September 26, 2009, more than 3,100 Toyota employees volunteered at 37 different public land areas in 20 states and U.S. territories. View the 2009 Toyota Site List. View the lists of Toyota sites from NPLD 2008, 2007 and 2006.

Toyota operates under a Global Earth Charter which was set forth to promote environmental responsibility for every aspect of the company and significantly reduce the impact that Toyota's vehicles have on the planet. Sponsorship of national and regional environmental preservation projects is just one of many areas in which Toyota has proven its environmental stewardship. The company created the world's first mass-produced, clean-running gas/electric hybrid car, the Prius, which has received numerous environmental awards, most notably from the Sierra Club and National Wildlife Federation.

We’re looking forward to even more Toyota associates lending a hand to take care of our public lands this September!


Toyota Site Coordinators

Toyota Associates

  • No need to register on the website to volunteer! To participate, search the list of Toyota sites below and contact the point person at Toyota or at the park to let them know you are planning to attend. 
  • Your Toyota Site Coordinator will provide you with more details prior to the event date (i.e. driving directions, agenda, start and end time, what to bring, etc.)
  • Visit our get involved page for more information and a volunteer checklist.
  • Please print and complete a release form for ALL NPLD volunteers. If needed, extra copies will be available at your worksite. 
  • Forms to verify volunteer work hours for students will be available at the worksite. Please see your Toyota Site Coordinator.
                                      National Public Lands Day 2010: Toyota Work Sites                   
Name of Site      Contact                       Work Project
Alta Vicente

Kimberly Kirkpatrick, Toyota
Ph: (310) 468-2905

and Adrienne Bosler, Alta Vicente
Ph: (310) 514-7613

Plant natives and remove non-native species within the restoration site. Smaller groups of volunteers may be partitioned off to remove non-native iceplant and tree debris at the northern and eastern parts of Alta Vicente.
Armstrong Park

Arthur Fidowicz, Toyota
Ph: (765) 449-3602

and Cyndi Bodin, Armstrong Park
Ph: (765) 807-1385

**Event Date: October 9, 2010**
Remove unwanted honeysuckle and various other invasive plants along Linear Trail next to RR tracks and wooded area.
Big Bone Lick State Park

Amy Ralenkotter, Toyota
Ph: (859) 746-4475

and Todd Young, Big Bone Lick State Park
Ph: (859) 384-3522

**Event Date: September 11, 2010**
General park maintenance, including painting, spreading mulch, planting shrubs, cleaning the church, building a fence, etc.
Castlewood Canyon State Park

Bruce Papich and Lynda Lou Greeley, Toyota
Ph: (303) 799-6776

and Ron Claussen, Castlewood Canyon State Park
Ph:(303) 688-5242

**Event Date: September 17, 2010**
Repair and reset railroad tie steps on a trail; divert water from an eroding trail; cut and prune trails; and install steps over a rough trail to cover up roots.
Dick Young Forest Preserve

Rick Vernon, Toyota
Ph: (630) 907-6220


and Julia Bourque, Dick Young Forest Preserve
Ph: (630) 762-2741

**Event Date: September 24, 2010**
Harvest prairie seed and clear brush.
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine

Mary Peace-DeVanzo, Toyota
Ph: (410) 787-8242

and Holly Hager, Fort McHenry
Ph:(410) 576-3851		 Marsh restoration, trail maintenance and tree/flower maintenance.
Lytle Creek, San Bernadino National Forest

Nichole Peters, Toyota
Ph: (909) 975-7959

and Mark Uthus, USFS
Ph: (909) 382-2907

 Beautify a stream bed, trim brush and other clean up activities.
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine

Mary Peace-DeVanzo, Toyota
Ph: (410) 787-8242

and Holly Hager, Fort McHenry
Ph:(410) 576-3851

Marsh restoration, trail maintenance and tree/flower maintenance.
 Mitchell Lake Audubon Center

Brandyn Moore, Toyota
Ph: (210) 263-4125

and Susan Albert, Audubon Center
Ph: (210) 263-4125

 Trim garden, brush and mulch area.
 Quiet Waters Park

Heidi Welch, Toyota
Ph: (954) 420-3275

 

 

**Event Date: September 11, 2010**
Volunteers will  help restore the native tree canopy as part of an ongoing effort to replace the tree canopy. As a result of hurricane damage and pine beetle damage the park has lost or is losing many of the native slash pines.

Shipley Nature Center


Jacob Hoffman, Toyota
Ph: (310) 468-6058

and Carol or Juana, Friends of Shipley
Ph: (714) 842-4772 

**Event Date: October 2, 2010**
Mulch trails, clear brush, prune plants, plant native grass plugs and erect protective fencing. Shipley event will be limited to the first 25 people that sign up.

Smithville Lake

James Joggerst, Toyota
Ph: (816) 746-2153

and Derick Dorsey, USACE

Shore line cleanup, remove vine/brush, plant trees, clear walking and bike paths.
 Tonto National Forest-Lower Salt River Recreation Area

Frances Cervantes,Toyota
Ph: (480) 224-1803

and Rocco Minetti, USFS
Ph: (480) 610-3300

31st Annual Lower Salt River Clean-up.  Projects occur at 9 locations throughout a 12 mile stretch of the river.  The work will happen rain or shine!
Waveland State Historic Site

Ashley Chatham, Toyota
Ph: (502) 868-2848

and Ron Bryant, (Waveland)
Ph:(859) 272-3611

**Event Date: September 11, 2010**
Trail improvements- mulch; remove trash; create designated wildlife habitat areas; build and install new foot bridge and repair an existing foot bridge; and general park cleanup projects.
West Hill Dam

Thomas Pietruszka, Toyota
Ph: (508) 261-2571


and Viola Brammel, USACE
Ph:(978) 318-8417 

**Event Date: September 18, 2010**
Woodland, kayak and canoe trail maintenance; annual Girl Scout Youth Area upkeep; repair grassland trail, clean wood duck and blue bird boxes; blaze trails; apply sealant to benches/bridges and plant flowers.