Large illegal immigrant trash site found in Huachucas
Local volunteers mount effort to help ADEQ clean it
By Ted Morris

Published/Last Modified on Wednesday, Mar 11, 2009 - 09:14:59 am MST




HEREFORD — A massive garbage dump has been found high above Brown Canyon Trail, a loop that is popular for hikers, equestrians and mountain bikers.

With help from a local outdoorsman who searched for and found the trash cache, the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality and Cochise College are assembling a volunteer team to clean up the dump.
Jimmy Walker of Whetstone scouts this trash site high above Brown Canyon on Monday. He has led officials from Arizona and Cochise College to the site. A volunteer effort is being planned for Monday and Tuesday to remove the rubbish.




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