FORT WAYNE, Ind. (Fort Wayne's NBC)- A nature preserve in Miami County was full of tires when a local tire shop stepped in to help.

McMahon's Best One Tire & Auto Care helped clear the tires from Flowers Creek nature preserve, a piece of land acquired by ACRES land trust in 2013.

Director of Land Management at ACRES land trust, Casey Jones said it was important to clear the tires from that area.

"It was important for us to get them out of there because they were such a mark on the landscape and they prevented other plants from growing," Jones said.

The effort to remove the the tires started in 2015, when summer interns removed 771 tires. Then in 2018, McMahon's provided a little more help.

"So McMahon tires stepped in and helped them quite a bit and ended up taking over a 1,000 additional tires," says Jeff French an employee at McMahon's.

This year was French's fourth time helping ACRES out. He and some other McMahon employees helped transport and recycle all of the tires.

"So Jeff called and he said, I think I can help you out little did I know that he would help out for the next four years," Jones said.

French said he knew the tires were harming the land and he wanted to step in to help.

"These tires were spoiling the environment and they needed to be removed and they were full of mud, and dirt and critters," French said.

He said he was glad he was able to save the land.

"All day long we work around this kind of environment here, dirty, nasty and dusty, so when you get to be outside with nature and giving back it's just a good feeling," French said.