Clean streets and rivers for Austin: restoring the Cedar riverbank

The Cedar riverbank has been used as an informal dump for years. This July, 114 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 44 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. Funds buy saplings, gloves, bags, hire of a skip, and signage. Where the $1,300 goes: • Tools and protective gear: $670 • Waste removal and skip hire: $380 • Signage and educational materials: $250 Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly.