Mission: Removal of illegal dumps from publicly accessible lands

We are a nonprofit group of volunteers who go out every weekend to clean up illegal dumpsites from our wild open spaces all over Nevada.

How it all started

June 16, 2018

While lurking on a local facebook group in the summer of 2018, Phil Wooley came across multiple posts from an individual who was showing pictures of dumped furniture in the desert close to home in Dayton, Nevada. The posts were all captioned. “DAYTON PIGS!”

Annoyed at the scenes and the complaints, Phil, gathered a few friends and a trailer to haul out a couch that was complained about in a wash nearby. While taking trails to the transfer station, the small crew was shocked to see that Dayton had become a dumping ground.

After making a video about this first cleanup adventure, many Dayton locals wanted to join for another cleanup, while others offered to help with dump fees. So Phil and the growing crew planned the next weekend to cleanup… and the next… and the next…

With the flood of volunteers and donations coming in, Desert Pigs was formed in the months following that first cleanup. Since then, it has inspired other towns outside of Dayton to form groups as well. Today, Desert Pigs operates in towns all over Nevada, removing hundreds of tons of illegal dumps from public lands each year. We welcome everyone to join in the adventures!