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Paradise Creek Nature Park
Associated Projects |
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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.
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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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a slide show. |
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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
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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:
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Minimizing the environmental
impact of our business through
constant care – careful use of
resources, optimization of
operations and handling of waste
streams.
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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.
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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.
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 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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