Back to the Bays  Marine Meadows Workshop: Kidd Squid Brewery

Cornell Cooperative Extension Marine Program has been “giving back to the bays” since 1985. As regional leaders in all aspects of coastal and marine research and restoration on Long Island, we have been able to make significant progress in enhancing the health of our local waterways. Through the Back to the Bays Initiative we work at the community level with local supporters and stewards to provide meaningful opportunities for involvement in this important work.

CCE Marine Program's Back to the Bays Initiative

Help CCE Marine's Team in our eelgrass restoration efforts by helping  weave  eelgrass shoots into burlap "tortillas" for transplanting !

Kidd Squid Brewing Company

Back to the Bays Stewardship Sessions

Stewardship - the act of caring for the natural environment. These workshops allow citizens of all ages to participate in the habitat and shellfish restoration efforts of CCE Marine Program. Become a Steward at backtothebays.org/stewardship.

Blue Carbon Events

Programs centered around the importance of marine habitats in carbon sequestrations and mitigating climate change.
Funded and in partnership with the South Shore Estuary Reserve Program.

Cornell Cooperative Extension Marine Program's Back to the Bays Initiative will be hosting a Marine Meadows Workshop on 11/8/24 at Kidd Squid Brewery, as part of our work to help ehance and restore the waters off of Sag Harbor. Support from Kidd Squid's Brew for the Bays and our community fundraising campaign has enabled habitat and shellfish restoration activities to take place within our Sag Harbor Back to the Bays Stewardship Site! Participants of this workshop will help CCE staff weave live eelgrass shoots into biodegradable burlap planting units. Once stocked, these eelgrass "tortillas" will be planted at our Sag Harbor Stewardship Site by CCE Marine's Dive Team where they will provide essential habitat for finfish and shellfish, and help improve water quality and coastal resiliency of our shorelines. All are welcome, but activity is best suited for those aged 10+. In need of service hours? We'll provide lettters validating your time volunteering upon request, so just ask a CCE Team member to provide one at the workshop! About CCE's Marine Meadows Program: The main purpose of the CCE Eelgrass Program is to restore and monitor eelgrass, our dominant local seagrass species. Eelgrass meadows provide essential habitat for many species of finfish and shellfish during part or all stages of life. Due to the structure and protection they provide, eelgrass meadows are the most biodiverse marine habitats in our region. These meadows also help to prevent or lessen erosion from storm events and help control turbidity by slowing currents and settling particulates from the water column. Eelgrass meadows also capture excess nutrients, such as nitrogen, and sequester carbon to combat ocean acidification and climate change. Unfortunately, eelgrass populations have declined dramatically over the past 75 years due to many reasons, and without our help, will not likely make a comeback in the near future as there are no ready sources of propagules (seeds or adult shoots) to naturally vegetate these areas. This situation is called propagule limitation and it is the basis for our restoration work. The more seeding and planting we can can do, the better the outcome for our local marine meadows, so we encourage you to get involved by participating in our workshops and contributing to these important efforts.

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