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Plant 2,550 native trees around the Pioneer wetland in Leeds
A neighborhood-led restoration of the Pioneer wetland needs $1,200 for saplings and equipment.
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The Pioneer wetland has been used as an informal dump for years. This June, 63 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 72 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good.
We have a plan agreed with the district council, 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 $1,200 goes:
• Signage and educational materials: $155
• Tools and protective gear: $500
• Waste removal and skip hire: $545
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take care, Gregory. It takes guts to ask. Well done. God bless.
Good luck, Gregory. More neighborhoods should do this
thanks for sharing this. Shared it with a few friends. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Greetings from Johannesburg
Wishing you the best. Shared it with a few friends. We're a small family in Shinjuku but we're thinking of you.
Take care, Gregory. I hope things turn around soon
Thinking of you and your family. It takes guts to ask. Well done. My sister had a similar thing happen so this one hit home.
good luck, Gregory. More neighborhoods should do this. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Love from Boulogne-Billancourt
Thanks for sharing this, Gregory. Shared it with a few friends. I have a 6 year old who wants to send good wishes too