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Tabor Spur Cleanup: Before and After
"By the Numbers"
Below are some impressive statistics regarding restoration efforts by volunteers from January 1998 until December 2006.

  • 50% Return Volunteers
  • 63.5 miles of trails improved
  • 66 Preserve Your Park* adopters
  • 2,276 tires removed (tracked since 1 July 2002)
  • 2,360 buckets of recyclables removed (tracked only since 1 July 2002)
  • 1,840 Preserve Your Park* volunteer events (since program inception in March 2000)
  • 4,037 Volunteer Events
  • 31,708 trees maintained by volunteers
  • 41,799 trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants installed by volunteers
  • 47,304 bags of trash removed by volunteers
  • 80,155 Volunteers
  • 198,069 Volunteer Hours
* Curious about the Preserve Your Park Program? Then click here.
   
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