Keep Sedona Beautiful, Inc.

Environmental Stewards Since 1972

Accomplishments

 

Through the financial support from generous, environmentally sensitive people like you, Keep Sedona Beautiful has made and continues to make, great strides in the preservation of the natural beauty of this amazing place we call home.  Here are some highlights:

  • Litter Lifters – the famous corps of more than 120 KSB volunteers clear litter from over 65 miles of streets and roads in the “Greater Sedona” area.
  • Land Preservation Task Force – KSB lead the effort to secure several millions of dollars in funding to purchase over 500 acres of unique and sensitive lands around Sedona that are now part of the Coconino National Forest.
  • Sedona-Red Rock National Scenic Area – Since 1989, KSB has advocated and continues to promote the designation of more than 160,000 acres of National Forest in the Greater Sedona Area as a Congressionally-designated National Scenic Area. We helped lead the effort in the creation of Amendment 12 into the Coconino National Forest Land Management Plan.
  • Annual Native Plant Workshop – Since 1979, KSB has educated thousands of community members on the benefits of using native plants and low water use landscaping.
  • Annual Awards of Excellence Program – KSB is a community leader in recognition of excellence in building design, landscaping and community service through this awards program.
  • Preserving the Wonder Speakers Series – KSB brings experts to our community monthly to discuss their views on nature and conservation issues.
  • Oak Creek Designated Unique Arizona Waterway – KSB lead the effort in having the State of Arizona acknowledge the importance of this significant natural resource.
  • Enforcement of Water Quality Standards on Oak Creek – In the late 1980s KSB lead an effort to sustain the water quality of Oak Creek getting federal and state agencies to enforce water quality standards.
  • Sign Ordinances in Yavapai County and City of Sedona – Working with local government and the business community, KSB led the effort to establish outdoor sign ordinances.
  • Water Sustainability – KSB administers the Water Wise Alliance which promotes water awareness throughout the region.  We are also a founding member of the Verde River Basin Partnership which promotes the use of unbiased science and education in sustaining our surface water and groundwater within the Verde River Basin.
  • Dark-Sky Committee – KSB works to protect our fabulous night skies by collaborating with local government agencies and business and community leaders on dark sky compliant lighting design.

  • Sedona was named the World’s Eighth International Dark-Sky Community.  The designation of Sedona as an International Dark-Sky Community is the result of a renewed collaboration between the City and KSB.  Intense, coordinated work by KSB’s Dark-Sky Committee and City staff during the summer and fall of 2013 and more fine-tuning in the spring of 2014, resulting in a successful application to the IDA, and Sedona receiving the designation.

  • Sedona Capture the Wonder International Photo Contest – KSB conducts a professionally-judged national photo contest to expose and promote the natural beauty of the Greater Sedona Area.
  • Covered Load Ordinance – KSB wrote and championed a covered load ordinance which was adopted by the Sedona City Council in 2006 which made litter resulting from an unsecured load an enforceable offense.