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Plant 2,200 native trees around Pioneer Creek in Pelotas
A neighborhood-led restoration of Pioneer Creek needs $700 for saplings and equipment.
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Pioneer Creek has been used as an informal dump for years. This June, 87 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 45 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.
We'll post planting day photos and a count of every sapling planted.
Where the $700 goes:
• Signage and educational materials: $75
• Native saplings and stakes: $430
• Tools and protective gear: $195
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Keep going, Gabriela. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. God bless.
shared it with a few friends. I hope September is when things finally get easier. Thinking of Pelotas
sending strength, Gabriela. This could happen to any of us. After 23 years in social work I know how hard it's to ask for anything
Hang in there. Hope this works out for you. I went through something like this 10 years ago and strangers helped me out.
Wishing you the best, Gabriela. Your post was clear and honest. All the best