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Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.
Ball Container Corporation
Metal Container Corporation - Rome GA
Rome, GA USA
Certified since: 2002
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The Metal Container Corporation's Rome can manufacturing plant is located on approximately 56 acres in Floyd County, Georgia. A team of five site employees and several community volunteers manage portions of the site for wildlife habitat opportunities. The wildlife team's goals are to attract local area wildlife back onto the property and allow employees and visitors an opportunity to enjoy the natural beauty of the area. In order to achieve these goals, the wildlife team has started a nest box program, planted pollinator-beneficial plants, planted trees and shrubs and worked with community volunteers.
The site and surrounding area are generally rural, with many fields and grasslands and patches of forestland, a small creek and buffer lands. Most of the property is former creek bottomland that now consists of meadow habitat and a two-acre pollinator protection area. A tributary of Ward Creek runs south through the middle of the property. Two retention ponds on-site drain into the creek and contain native grasses, cattails and several small willow trees.
The pollinator garden areas were planted with a variety of pollinator-friendly species, including milkweeds, bergamot, coneflowers, bee balm, redbud and poplars. Children from the Boys and Girls Club of Rome helped the team plant native Georgia peach and sycamore trees to provide food and shelter for wildlife. A nature trail stretches through the pollinator area to ensure access for employees and visitors. Twenty-two nest boxes were placed throughout the wildlife habitat area and are checked on a regular basis to determine and track their success and the types of species that are being attracted to the area. The boxes provide nesting and perching habitat for eastern bluebirds, purple martins and American kestrels. In addition, employees opted to erect raptor perches on-site.
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