Plant 2,400 native trees around Liberty Creek in Athens

Liberty Creek has been used as an informal dump for years. This February, 61 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 154 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 $1,050 goes: • Tools and protective gear: $290 • Waste removal and skip hire: $380 • Native saplings and stakes: $380 Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly. - Panagiota