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Clean water and shade for Durham: restoring the Sycamore wetland
Help us clean and replant the Sycamore wetland before the November planting window closes.
🇺🇸 27782, Durham, North Carolina, United States2,592 views
The Sycamore wetland has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 90 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 193 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good.
We have a plan agreed with the city parks department, 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 $3,000 goes:
• Waste removal and skip hire: $700
• Tools and protective gear: $580
• Native saplings and stakes: $1,720
I'll pay this kindness forward the moment I'm able to.
- Axel
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Sending good thoughts, Axel. This could happen to any of us. Thinking of Durham
can I help in a way that isn't money? I'm near Durham
Sharing the link is the biggest thing. And if you know anything about waste removal and skip hire, advice is welcome too. Let me know if you want more detail.
Best of luck. Hope you get there. Love from Fort Worth.
Wishing you peace, Axel. Shared it with a few friends. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. All the best.
Thanks for sharing this, Axel. It takes guts to ask. Well done. God bless.
Thanks for sharing this. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Please keep us posted
Hope it all works out, Axel. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier.
Rooting for you. More neighborhoods should do this. Blessings
Praying for you, Axel. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Thinking of Durham