CompletedCompleted
Gum Point Road Living Shoreline
Rip rap removed and replaced with a sill and restored marsh, enhancing habitat while reducing nutrient impact.
Active · Seasonal, annual
Oyster Gardening Network
Dock owners raise juvenile oysters each season for planting onto Coastal Bays restoration reefs.
Isle of WightChincoteague
The work
What's happening here
Each season, participating waterfront residents tend cages of young oysters suspended from their docks, cleaning them and checking growth.
At the end of the season the oysters are collected and planted on sanctuary reefs, where they filter water and build the hard structure that supports the rest of the reef community.
Related
More restoration work
- Completed2014
Bishopville Dam Fish Passageway
Removal of a dam that blocked alewife and blueback herring from reaching their spawning areas.
Ongoing2009–presentSkimmer Island Rebuild
A severely eroded bay island rebuilt with dredged sand to hold colonial waterbird nesting habitat.
Support the bays
Become a member of the Coastal Bays Foundation
Your contribution goes toward protecting the watershed, its habitat and its wildlife — monitoring crews on the water, marsh replanted at eroding shorelines, and students in the field. The Maryland Coastal Bays Program Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit; all donations are tax deductible.