A Big THANK YOU To Our James River Clean Up Crew

The Virginia State Police Dive Team, Atlantis Divers and many of the area fire and rescue squad showed up for this year’s James River Cleanup. Our focus this year was making the river safer for swimmers and Swift Water Rescue teams by removing debris from various sites along the river.

Photo's From this Year's James River Clean Up

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Last Year's Clean Up Effort

The Virginia State Police Dive Team, led by Mike Berry, First Sergeant with the Virginia State Police has partnered with Atlantis Divers to bring back the James River Clean Up. Sergeant Berry serves as the Search and Recovery Dive Team Operations Coordinator and Head Diving Instructor for the Virginia State Police.

Sergeant Berry has teamed with Atlantis Divers to help clean up and maintain the James River. Richmond’s largest and most popular park is the James River Park System. Over 550 acres of the river shoreline and islands encompass this beautiful park – just blocks from downtown Richmond. The river rapids, beautiful scenery, forests and fields are a delightful retreat for all kinds of activities – hiking, white water kayaking and rafting, canoeing, fishing, jogging, nature walks, and so on.

We are putting together the team now. We are looking for rescue divers as a minimum certification and preferably divers with wreck diving/search and recovery diving certification or experience. You must be comfortable with limited visibility diving. You also must have a great attitude, good sense of humor (you can’t believe what some people have pulled out of the James River) and a desire to help clean up the River and give back to the community. If you don’t have all the diving experience or certifications recommended, you can still help with diver support and shore clean up or we can help you continue your dive education.

If you would like to be a part of the James River Clean Up Dive Team – please stop by Atlantis Divers with your certifications and logbook.

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