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Paradise Creek Nature Park
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Oyster Reefs
Forty thousand seed oysters were placed on barged-in shell at the mouth of Paradise Creek. Residents of the Craddock neighborhood, including Boy Scout Troop 222, grew  oysters in floats to be added later that summer. Two oyster workshops were held to further involve the community and other members of the public. The project was funded with $75,000 from NOAA, Fish America, the Chesapeake Bay Program and other sponsors.

 
Wetlands Rain Garden Creation
The Elizabeth River Project also constructed a "rain garden" to treat creek runoff at Cradock Career and Technical Center on George Washington Highway with $25,000  from a VA Dept. of Conservation and Recreation Chesapeake Bay Watershed Grant.
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Contamination Removed
Too, in the summer of 2004 the US Navy planned to remove contamination in a wetland area offshore of a landfill at Scott's Annex. 
 
Maersk Line Limited Adopts Park
New River Star Maersk Line Limited has adopted Paradise Creek Nature Park. A group of volunteers will perform clean–ups, help with forestry enhancements, post signs at the park  and other tasks.

Maersk Line, Limited is committed to the protection of the environment and places high priority on environmental considerations in managing its business. Maersk will honor these commitments by:

  1. Minimizing the environmental impact of our business through constant care – careful use of resources, optimization of operations and handling of waste streams.

  2. Striving continuously for improvement in our environmental performance and pollution prevention across all of our activities. This involves source reduction efforts, environmental awareness and the application of environmentally friendly technologies.

  3. Increasing our environmental efforts on a local level. MLL will focus our local efforts on the “Paradise Creek” restoration project with guidance from the Elizabeth River Project.

 
Wetland Restoration
The Virginia Port Authority is constructing an 11-acre wetland restoration to bring back river health on the site of Paradise Creek Nature Park!

The wetland restoration will be accessible to the public for canoeing and kayaking at the park.

Construction began in early 2011 for this $4 million project, funded as the premiere mitigation site for the Craney Island expansion.

 

 

 

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