Stewardship Sites

We established our Back to the Bays Stewardship Sites to serve as community-supported, long-term receiving areas for shellfish seeding, spat-on-shell oyster reef deployments, and coastal + marine habitat restoration. These sites enable our experts and educators to engage the public in our important work.

Explore each site by clicking on the tiles below, and consider becoming a Stewardship Site Sponsor!

Explore Stewardship Sites

Future Stewardship Site!

Sponsor a Back to the Bays Stewardship Site

Make a custom contribution of $1,000+ to enroll as a Stewardship Site Sponsor and receive all the Steward Benefits + Name or Business recognition on our list of Site Sponsors.

Want to support the creation of a new stewardship site? Please contact Kimberly Barbour at kp237@cornell.edu to request a Stewardship Site Sponsorship document.

Learn more about our Stewardship Program

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Back to the Bays is an Initiative of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County, a registered 501(c)(3). Our EIN is 11-6081424 and contributions are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.