It surrounds our neighborhood on three sides…our entire neighborhood is part of its watershed…it is a major tributary of the Elizabeth River…
“We will endow our children with safe swimming and fishing in a bountiful Lafayette River.
…The Lafayette River Steering Committee
Invite Your Neighbors to Shine with River Star Homes and the Elizabeth River Project
With your help, the River Star Homes community continues to grow. Tell your neighbors to sign up … It’s free, easy and means so much! Help us reach 2,000 “stars” in 2014. Sign up HERE
Join the Elizabeth River Project & River Star Homes Jan. 25, 9-11 am for bird watching on the Lafayette River.
Meet other River Star homeowners and take part in our first event of 2014. We’ll meet at the Hermitage Museum and then carpool to several locations on the Lafayette River. We have extra binoculars,
but remember to bring your camera! Mary Reid Barrow (wildlife journalist) will also be taking part in a portion of our trip. Be sure to tell her why you’re a River Star Home!
RSVP to Diana Larkin at 757-397-7487 or dlarkin@elizabethriver.com.
Flooding to be addressed through Suburban Acres / Suburban Park by work on Parkdale Channel
The City of Norfolk’s Storm Water Division is conducting an engineering study to evaluate solutions to the some of the long-term flooding problems along the creek that runs from Thole Street (by Suburban Park Elementary School) up to Virginian Drive. This creek, called the “Parkdale Stream” or Parkdale Channel” is part of the Lafayette River’s headwaters.
The “Parkdale Channel”
Click on the “Parkdale Channel Flooding Work” link under the Lafayette River button at the top of your screen.
Seahorse inspires more searching in the Lafayette River
The discovery of a seahorse during a survey in the Lafayette River in July excited scientists and environmentalists. The creature prefers clean habitats.
Here’s the Virginian Pilot article by Scott Harper (Sep. 14, 2012)
LINKS:
Elizabeth River Project’s Lafayette River Restoration Site
Gardening here in the Lafayette River watershed? Here’s the Chesapeake Bay Foundation NATIVE PLANT GUIDE
This page has the following sub pages.
Suburban Acres Civic League 