Sag Harbor Stewards establish a new Oyster Reef at Redwood Facility
Volunteers from the Sag Harbor community helping to deploy spat-on-shell oysters along the shores of the new Redwood Facility.
On July 13th, we held our first Back to the Bays Stewardship Session at our new Redwood Facility that CCE Marine Program is operating in partnership with Sag Harbor Village.
24 volunteers and marine stewards came out to help us establish our new spat-on-shell oyster reef along the shores of the Redwood property. Assemblyman Schiavoni stopped by too and was very supportive and impressed with what we were doing!
This is our second oyster reef restoration site in our Back to the Bays Sag Harbor Stewardship Site and it will continue to provide involvement opportunities to engage the local community in our work.
Restoring oyster reefs like these helps improve water quality, provides habitat structure for local marine life, prevents erosion, and buffers storm surges.
Stay up to date with future events at this new location by checking our Redwood Facility and Sag Harbor Stewardship pages, and master Calendar.
Hope to see you soon!
Kate Rossi-Snook (Aquaculture Specialist) teaching volunteers to count and measure spat-on-shell size. Data collected before reef deployment provides a baseline to determine growth and success of the reef over time.
Left to right: Kate Ross-Snook (Aquaculture Coordinator), Tommy John Schiavoni (District 1 Assemblyman), and Kim Barbour (Back to the Bays Director).
Back to the Bays Stewardship Sessions provide hands-on opportunities for the public to learn about the importance of shellfish and habitat restoration, and engage directly in the work!
Stewards help unload bins of spat-on-shell oysters in preparation for deployment.
Back to the Bays interns and seasonal staff help to greet and engage the public at our Stewardship Sessions.