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Restoring Unity Creek: a volunteer-led project in Santos

Volunteers are restoring Unity Creek in Santos; $550 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.

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Unity Creek has been used as an informal dump for years. This June, 96 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 177 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 $550 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $250 • Tools and protective gear: $125 • Waste removal and skip hire: $155 • Signage and educational materials: $20 Thanks for being kind about this.

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43% there. the plan for tools and protective gear is now scheduled. Thank you.

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