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Clean streets and rivers for Oakland: restoring Cedar Beach

A neighborhood-led restoration of Cedar Beach needs $1,900 for saplings and equipment.

🇺🇸 California, United States1,757 views
Lorena G. Maldonado
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Oakland
Cedar Beach has been used as an informal dump for years. This February, 41 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 53 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. Funds buy saplings, gloves, bags, hire of a skip, and signage. Where the $1,900 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $1,250 • Tools and protective gear: $270 • Waste removal and skip hire: $310 • Signage and educational materials: $70 Every share and every dollar helps.

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  • Sending strength, Lorena. I hope things turn around soon. My husband and I read this together. Love from Palmira.

    • Fitri Ani HandokoPhoto verified

      hope things get better soon. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Wish I lived closer to Shinjuku so I could bring a meal. All the best.

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