On Mount Lemmon, volunteers give unemployed rocks a new job: Erosion control

Julius Gorton pushes a rectangle-shaped rock into the ground then shakes it. Still loose. He takes the pick axe next to him and hammers it down. “OK, maybe it just needs to dig out a little bit,” Ella Marshall says. She moves the rock aside and starts digging a gap into the dirt, her hands […] The post On Mount Lemmon, volunteers give unemployed ro

By: Stephanie Casanova

Outlets: Arizona Luminaria

Published: August 20, 2026

Words: 2,609

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 4 days ago

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Julius Gorton pushes a rectangle-shaped rock into the ground then shakes it. Still loose. He takes the pick axe next to him and hammers it down.

“OK, maybe it just needs to dig out a little bit,” Ella Marshall says. She moves the rock aside and starts digging a gap into the dirt, her hands protected by purple gardening gloves. They wedge the rock back in and hammer it down a few times. Satisfied, …

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