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Question about a creek near my house that came back to life
Honestly, there's this little creek behind my neighborhood in Fresno that was basically a dry ditch for as long as I can remember. I'm talking cracked mud and maybe a puddle after a big rain. Then about two years ago, the city started a project to restore a section of it as a natural floodplain. They planted a bunch of native reeds and shrubs and made the banks wider and more curvy. I walked by it yesterday and it's completely different. There's actual flowing water, birds are everywhere, and the air feels cooler right next to it. The change from a dead zone to this little green spot is crazy. It makes me wonder what other small projects like this could do if we did more of them. Has anyone else seen a local waterway get fixed up with results this good?
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the_piper18h ago
Our town did that. The frogs came back in a month.
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jessicac282d ago
Yeah, it's wild how fast nature can bounce back when we just give it a little room. Makes you wonder why we don't do this stuff everywhere.
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The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone proves your point, Jessica, with wolves and bears thriving in just thirty years.
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