Marmot
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I spotted the following article from my local paper about Huntsman Petrochemicals helping preserve the wildlife/birding in this area .
This type of firm may some times get bad press for some of the problems it brings to the environment but I think that they deserve a pat on the back.
:clap: :clap: :clap:
Firm to provide water for wildlife Sep 5 2005
By Evening Gazette
A chemical company on Teesside has come to the aid of a thriving wetland site - to ensure it remains just that.
Despite a long history of winter flooding, the Saltholme Pools, near Hartlepool, often suffer drought in spring and summer.
This is bad news for its resident wildlife, including common terns, herons, swans and an abundance of wildflowers.
Now its industrial neighbour, Huntsman Petrochemicals, has agreed to provide up to 300,000 cubic metres of water a year.
A new pipeline will bring the fresh water from one of Huntsman's local bore holes.
Plant manager Geoff Steele said: "We will be supplying the water free whenever the RSPB needs it and have also contributed to the installation of the pipeline."
A spokesman for the RSPB said the water will help keep the grasslands, new pools and reed beds wet throughout the year.
"Piping water on to reserve will ensure that fantastic wetland wildlife - from water voles to butterflies - will be able to thrive," he said.
In the past, because it is so close to sea level, the reserve has often flooded. This in turn has affected scores of homes at Port Clarence.
To ensure that the new water provision is kept on the site, a new flood bank has been created next to the Clarences allotments. Fifteen sluice gates have also been installed.
Over the next two years, a bird discovery centre, car park and visitor centre will be built at the 1,000 acre reserve. The reserve is expected to attract thousands of birds, and even more visitors, to Teesside every year.
Taken from Evening Gazette, Middlesbrough. (icteesside)
This type of firm may some times get bad press for some of the problems it brings to the environment but I think that they deserve a pat on the back.
:clap: :clap: :clap:
Firm to provide water for wildlife Sep 5 2005
By Evening Gazette
A chemical company on Teesside has come to the aid of a thriving wetland site - to ensure it remains just that.
Despite a long history of winter flooding, the Saltholme Pools, near Hartlepool, often suffer drought in spring and summer.
This is bad news for its resident wildlife, including common terns, herons, swans and an abundance of wildflowers.
Now its industrial neighbour, Huntsman Petrochemicals, has agreed to provide up to 300,000 cubic metres of water a year.
A new pipeline will bring the fresh water from one of Huntsman's local bore holes.
Plant manager Geoff Steele said: "We will be supplying the water free whenever the RSPB needs it and have also contributed to the installation of the pipeline."
A spokesman for the RSPB said the water will help keep the grasslands, new pools and reed beds wet throughout the year.
"Piping water on to reserve will ensure that fantastic wetland wildlife - from water voles to butterflies - will be able to thrive," he said.
In the past, because it is so close to sea level, the reserve has often flooded. This in turn has affected scores of homes at Port Clarence.
To ensure that the new water provision is kept on the site, a new flood bank has been created next to the Clarences allotments. Fifteen sluice gates have also been installed.
Over the next two years, a bird discovery centre, car park and visitor centre will be built at the 1,000 acre reserve. The reserve is expected to attract thousands of birds, and even more visitors, to Teesside every year.
Taken from Evening Gazette, Middlesbrough. (icteesside)
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