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Restoring the Freedom wetland: a volunteer-led project in Chicago

Volunteers are restoring the Freedom wetland in Chicago; $2,800 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.

🇺🇸 Illinois, United States4,756 views
Rebecca D. Reynolds
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Chicago
The Freedom wetland has been used as an informal dump for years. This March, 32 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 63 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good. We have a plan agreed with the city parks department, 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 $2,800 goes: • Waste removal and skip hire: $640 • Tools and protective gear: $650 • Native saplings and stakes: $1,510 Thank you so much. - Rebecca
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

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  • Shreya B. ChauhanPhoto verified

    So sorry you're going through this. More neighborhoods should do this. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Blessings.

    • Cristiane Monteiro

      Praying for you. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. My husband and I read this together. Love from San Jose

      • Angelica B. Aguilar

        Keep going, Rebecca. It takes guts to ask. Well done. I went through something like this 12 years ago and strangers helped me out. All the best!

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