BASF Corporation
Landia
Lakeland, Florida, United States
Certified through 2024
Project Name
Project Type
Native Landscape
Landscaped
About the Program
BASF, Landia is in Lakeland, Florida. The 13-acre site was used for pesticide and fertilizer blending operations since the 1930s. Facility operations and chemical storage resulted in soil and groundwater contamination and sediment. The EPA placed the site on the Superfund program's National Priorities List in 2000. With oversight provided by EPA and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, BASF and the other principle responsible parties restored the land to conditions that provide high-value wildlife habitat through planting of diverse native species, including red maples, slash pines and poplar trees.
Practices and Impacts
BASF, Landia is in Lakeland, Florida. The 13-acre site was used for pesticide and fertilizer blending operations since the 1930s. Facility operations and chemical storage resulted in soil and groundwater contamination and sediment. The EPA placed the site on the Superfund program's National Priorities List in 2000. With oversight provided by EPA and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, BASF and the other principle responsible parties restored the land to conditions that provide high-value wildlife habitat through planting of diverse native species, including red maples, slash pines and poplar trees.
Practices and Impacts
- The team manages the site through tree and shrub pruning, herbicide and pesticide treatments as needed, tree cutting, debris removal, as well as weeding and watering.
- Monitoring includes a yearly plant inventory and wildlife observations.
- The project incorporates a stormwater pond that harvests rainwater and supports a wetland habitat of native plants to support water-dependent wildlife.
