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Clean water and shade for Los Angeles: restoring Harmony Creek

A neighborhood-led restoration of Harmony Creek needs $1,950 for saplings and equipment.

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Los Angeles, California, United States2,992 views
Anthony P. Fitzgerald
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Los Angeles
Harmony Creek has been used as an informal dump for years. This May, 39 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 46 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 $1,950 goes: โ€ข Native saplings and stakes: $820 โ€ข Tools and protective gear: $370 โ€ข Waste removal and skip hire: $510 โ€ข Signage and educational materials: $250 You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it.

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  • Hope it all works out. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Wish I lived closer to Munich so I could bring a meal. Thinking of Los Angeles.

    • Sending good thoughts. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Thinking of Los Angeles

      • sending strength, Anthony. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Love from Thแปง ฤแปฉc

        • Wishing you the best, Anthony. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. I hope August is when things finally get easier.

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