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Restoring Sycamore Creek: a volunteer-led project in Austin

Volunteers are restoring Sycamore Creek in Austin; $3,000 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.

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Anthony R. Powers
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Sycamore Creek has been used as an informal dump for years. This May, 66 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 160 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 $3,000 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $1,300 • Tools and protective gear: $770 • Waste removal and skip hire: $780 • Signage and educational materials: $150 I'll keep this page updated with receipts as things happen. - Anthony
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

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  • Serena Morelli

    Hang in there, Anthony. Hope you get there. I'll check back for the next update. Love from Hồ Chí Minh City.

    • Santiago N. Escobar

      Sending strength. I hope things turn around soon. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it

      • Viviane Adriana Prado

        wishing you the best, Anthony. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Take care.

        • Bea P. Rodriguez

          hope things get better soon, Anthony. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Please keep us posted.

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