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Restoring the Sycamore wetland: a volunteer-led project in Sacramento

A neighborhood-led restoration of the Sycamore wetland needs $2,150 for saplings and equipment.

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Kevin L. Pangilinan
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Sacramento
The Sycamore wetland has been used as an informal dump for years. This July, 115 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 189 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. We'll post planting day photos and a count of every sapling planted. Where the $2,150 goes: • Tools and protective gear: $470 • Signage and educational materials: $135 • Native saplings and stakes: $1,545 I'll keep this page updated with receipts as things happen. - Kevin
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Kevin

  1. Small update. $876 so far, I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts.

  2. We're at 18% thanks to 11 of you. we've started the first stage. More news soon.

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  • Wesley L. Jackson

    Thanks for sharing this, Kevin. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day

    • Faith D. Kennedy

      Hope it all works out. Shared it with a few friends. My neighbor in Iași donated after I showed her your page. Greetings from Iași.

      • Axel M. Beck

        Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. God bless.

        • Prasad F. Kelkar

          thanks for sharing this. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money.

          $1,460.50 raised of $2,150

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