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Clean water and shade for Rochester: restoring the Liberty canal

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

🇺🇸 Rochester, New York, United States1,667 views
Dylan M. Ross
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Rochester
The Liberty canal has been used as an informal dump for years. This June, 62 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 40 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 $1,850 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $830 • Signage and educational materials: $250 • Waste removal and skip hire: $770 Ask me anything below before you decide. I'd rather you were sure. - Dylan
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Dylan

  1. Update from Rochester: the plan for native saplings and stakes is now scheduled. We're at 19% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us. - Dylan

  2. 6% there. the plan for signage and educational materials is now scheduled. Thank you. - Dylan

  3. Update from Rochester: I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts. We're at 3% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

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    “Rooting for you. Thought of Dylan all day after reading this. - Newcastle upon Tyne”

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  • Ishrat Rina Islam

    Wishing you peace, Dylan. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Thinking of Rochester

    • Tatiane Antônia CamposPhoto verified

      Good luck, Dylan. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Blessings.

      • Eva Sanne Kok

        Take care. Great idea, hope you get there. I went through something like this 8 years ago and strangers helped me out. Love from Tokyo

        • Alka Kashyap

          Good luck. More neighborhoods should do this. Greetings from Bristol.

          • Hùng Đạt Dang

            Looking forward to the next update. My neighbor in Bengaluru donated after I showed her your page. Greetings from Bengaluru

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