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Clean streets and rivers for San Diego: restoring the Acacia canal

Help us clean and replant the Acacia canal before the September planting window closes.

🇺🇸 San Diego, California, United States758 views
Micah N. Carter
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The Acacia canal has been used as an informal dump for years. This July, 67 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 196 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 $2,150 goes: • Tools and protective gear: $300 • Signage and educational materials: $190 • Native saplings and stakes: $1,660 Thanks for being kind about this. - Micah

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  • Good luck, Micah. Your post was clear and honest. We're a small family in Lafayette but we're thinking of you.

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