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Restoring the Cedar hillside: a volunteer-led project in Mecca

Volunteers are restoring the Cedar hillside in Mecca; $950 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.

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Fadi Abdallah
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Mecca
The Cedar hillside has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 82 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 130 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 $950 goes: โ€ข Native saplings and stakes: $540 โ€ข Signage and educational materials: $115 โ€ข Tools and protective gear: $295 Glad we found this place. - Fadi

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