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"How The Bronx is Restoring its Ancient River System into Urban Green Oasis" [7:44 min]
by Leaf of Life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emLBXqUXLeg
Quote by LoL:
"Aug 22, 2022
The Bronx is a borough of New York City, with a population of 1.4 million people. It’s total area is 57 square miles, of which 42 square mile is land and 15 square miles (27%) is water.
The Bronx River is a 23 mile long river that flows through the heart of The Bronx emptying into the East River, Starting at Kensico Dam in Upper Westchester. It is the only entirely freshwater river in New York City and up until 2 centuries ago The Bronx River passed through ancient chestnut forests, it was rich in biodiversity, with beavers, eels and an abundance of muscles and oysters.
However as the city and population expanded, it went from being a flourishing natural resource to a contaminated conduit for industrial and residential waste and up until 20 years ago the river was dirty unsafe and unusable for the community until a small group of activists decided to turn this around.
In this video we will show you how $30 million dollars have been invested into cleaning up The Bronx River, to bring back biodiversity and improve the lives of millions of people who live along the riverside.
You can also check out The Bronx River Alliance for more information:
-> bronxriver.org/ <-
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Looks like I'll be getting gifts from local pollinators. First, I let locally native Maypops (Passiflora incarnata) grow in my 
Then I enjoy Carpenter Bees, very important native pollinators, while they do their thing. The caterpillars of the Gulf Fritillary butterfly also eat the leaves as their sole source of food. So I enjoy those butterflies as well.
Later, when the fruit grows and turns purple, I get Maypops to eat with their tropical tartness. And I don't have to go to the store. Thanks, pollinators!
