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Clean streams for Fort Worth: restoring the Sycamore riverbank

Help us clean and replant the Sycamore riverbank before the September planting window closes.

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Joaquín T. Hernández
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Fort Worth
The Sycamore riverbank has been used as an informal dump for years. This June, 41 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 63 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good. We have a plan agreed with the local forestry office, including native species selected by a local botanist. The area floods more each year, and fish have returned for the first time in a decade after our first cleanup. Restoring it will protect homes and bring back shade. All the labor is volunteered. We just need materials. We'll post planting day photos and a count of every sapling planted. Where the $2,350 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $1,400 • Tools and protective gear: $290 • Waste removal and skip hire: $440 • Signage and educational materials: $220 With deep gratitude, Joaquín

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  • Keep going. Shared it with a few friends. Thinking of Fort Worth.

    • stay strong. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. I'll check back for the next update. Take care

      • Hope things get better soon. I hope things turn around soon. Wish I lived closer to Bonny so I could bring a meal. Greetings from Newcastle

        • Hang in there. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like!

          • Thinking of you and your family, Joaquín. It takes guts to ask. Well done. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. Greetings from Perth.

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