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Plant 2,700 native trees around the Acacia hillside in Duluth

A neighborhood-led restoration of the Acacia hillside needs $1,850 for saplings and equipment.

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Jade A. Kennedy
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Duluth
The Acacia hillside has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 49 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 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. Funds buy saplings, gloves, bags, hire of a skip, and signage. Where the $1,850 goes: • Tools and protective gear: $220 • Waste removal and skip hire: $990 • Native saplings and stakes: $640 Glad we found this place.
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Jade

  1. Quick update: $397 raised so far (21%). I made the first payment toward native saplings and stakes. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

  2. Quick update: $343 raised so far (19%). we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

  3. Quick update: $72 raised so far (4%). we've started the first stage. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

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  • Pooja W. Modi

    Thanks for sharing this, Jade. Shared it with a few friends. My neighbor had a similar thing happen so this one hit home

    • Ganesh A. Sawant

      Keep going, Jade. Shared it with a few friends. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day

      • Jonathan ContrerasPhoto verified

        Rooting for you, Jade. Gave what I could, wish it was more.

        $572 raised of $1,850

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