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Plant 2,400 native trees around Maple Creek in Austin
A neighborhood-led restoration of Maple Creek needs $2,900 for saplings and equipment.
🇺🇸 78798, Austin, Texas, United StatesPosted Oct 1, 20263,798 views
Maple Creek has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 114 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 96 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.
We'll post planting day photos and a count of every sapling planted.
Where the $2,900 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $1,800
• Tools and protective gear: $330
• Waste removal and skip hire: $560
• Signage and educational materials: $210
Thank you so much.
- Emily
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Thinking of you. More neighborhoods should do this.
praying for you, Emily. I hope things turn around soon. My husband and I read this together. Blessings
praying for you. Hope this works out for you. Greetings from Odesa.
Best of luck. It takes guts to ask. Well done. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. All the best.
Keep going. Gave what I could, wish it was more. God bless
Best of luck, Emily. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Blessings