Stewardship Session: Shell Bag Assembly
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Stewardship Session: Shell Bag Assembly

Help our Aquaculture Coordinator create bags of oyster shells for our spat-on-shell oyster reef restoration projects! Shelter Island, NY

By CCE Marine Program's Back to the Bays Initiative

Date and time

Thursday, May 8 · 3 - 4pm EDT

Location

Manhanset Road, Shelter Island, NY

Manhanset Road Shelter Island, NY 11964

Refund Policy

Refunds up to 7 days before event

About this event

  • Event lasts 1 hour

Bags of cured oyster + clam shells are used to set baby oysters onto, which is called spat-on-shell, or SOS. The SOS is then used to build oyster reefs at our various Stewardship Sites.

We will meet at our Shell Recycling Program shell curing pile at the back entrance of Sylvester Manor Educational Farm (enter from Manhanset Rd. across from Bonnie Ln.).

The volunteer time will entail: cutting and tying mesh to create bags; shoveling cured shell into the bags; neatly stacking bags off to the side. Gloves can be provided, but we encourage you to bring your own. Expect to get mildly wet and/or dirty, depending on conditions.

This is a great opportunity for high school students to get service hours!


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CCE Marine Program's Back to the Bays Initiative

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.

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