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Clean streams for Sacramento: restoring the Cedar wetland
A neighborhood-led restoration of the Cedar wetland needs $750 for saplings and equipment.
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The Cedar wetland has been used as an informal dump for years. This July, 58 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 120 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good.
We have a plan agreed with the municipal water board, 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 $750 goes:
• Waste removal and skip hire: $400
• Signage and educational materials: $110
• Tools and protective gear: $240
If you're reading this, thank you.
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thanks for sharing this. Shared it with a few friends. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. Thinking of Sacramento.
Hope things get better soon, Russell. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did.
Keep going. Shared it with a few friends. It's not much but it's yours. Thinking of Sacramento
Sending love, Russell. Hope you get there. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Greetings from Arlington
It takes guts to ask. Well done. Greetings from Nairobi.
Sending strength, Russell. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. All the best.
You're not alone. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Sent it to 39 people at work.
Sending good thoughts, Russell. Great idea, hope you get there. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. Greetings from Dayton
Wishing you the best, Russell. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Don't be hard on yourself for asking
sending love. Hope this works out for you. I went through something like this 13 years ago and strangers helped me out. Greetings from Lagos
Thinking of you and your family, Russell. I hope things turn around soon. It's not much but it's yours.
Sending love. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Greetings from Dortmund.
Thanks for sharing this. More neighborhoods should do this. Greetings from Takoradi
I hope things turn around soon. Greetings from Venice.
Wishing you the best. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. All the best
hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust
Sending strength, Russell. It takes guts to ask. Well done. All the best.
Looking forward to the next update. Greetings from Addis Ababa
Hope things get better soon. Great idea, hope you get there. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Blessings
thanks for sharing this, Russell. Your post was clear and honest. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. Take care.