How we're working with the neighborhood to keep the Bay clean after cleanup
When Jacksonville changed its wastewater treatment system, the City Council entered into a voluntary program to help clean up Wilson Bay.
| The program is operated with a grant from the Clean Water Trust Fund and City of Jacksonville funds. NC State University is a contractor for the project, and there are many, many cooperative partners. | |
The goal is to help improve the water quality in the Bay. |
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One method is to plant shellfish, whose natural action is to help filter water. | The first shellfish were put in the Bay in 1999, and by the summer of 1999, new life was found by students in the Sturgeon City Student Leadership Development Institute. |
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Another outgrowth of the project has been the relationship with the Jacksonville-Onslow Volunteer Center and the Onslow JobReady program. Environmental Volunteerism is flourishing with the help of the Volunteer Center and career interests are being explored through the JobReady program. | |
| How we're putting paddlewheels to work to aerate the water |
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How we're working with the neighborhood to keep the Bay clean after cleanup |
| More about the Wilson Bay Initiative - Shellfish project from NC State University. Dr. Jay Levine Project Director | More about Environmental Volunteering with the Jacksonville-Onslow Volunteer Center | A report on what the Fellows of the Year 2000 Student Leadership Development Institute found in Wilson Bay. |