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Clean water and shade for Houston: restoring Pioneer Creek
A neighborhood-led restoration of Pioneer Creek needs $2,050 for saplings and equipment.
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Pioneer Creek has been used as an informal dump for years. This September, 57 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 100 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.
We'll post planting day photos and a count of every sapling planted.
Where the $2,050 goes:
• Signage and educational materials: $70
• Tools and protective gear: $510
• Native saplings and stakes: $1,470
Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly.
- Natalie
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Sending strength. Great idea, hope you get there!
Wishing you the best, Natalie. Great idea, hope you get there. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Take care.
Keep going, Natalie. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Take care.
thinking of you and your family. More neighborhoods should do this. I'll check back for the next update. Take care.
keep going, Natalie. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Take care