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Oyster Restoration Project
December 6, 2019
This fall Tampa Bay Watch is recruiting volunteers to install oyster
shell bars and create oyster domes with a goal to restore lost habitat
systems to the bay, prevent further erosion of shorelines, and improve
water quality through natural biological filtration.
Oyster shell projects involve shoveling fossilized shell into mesh bags,
transporting the bags to the project site and placing oyster shell bags on
the shoreline to create an oyster bar. We have two sites this fall: McKay
Bay (The project meeting location is Desoto Park, 2617 Corrine St.,
Tampa, FL 33605.) and MacDill Air Force Base.
Click on a date below to register to volunteer:
McKay Bay: October 25 [https://app.etapestry.com/c
November 7 [https://app.etapestry.com/ca
November 8 [https://app.etapestry.com/ca
MacDill AFB:
November 14 [https://app.etapestry.com/c
December 6 [https://app.etapestry.com/ca
Oyster dome construction takes place at our Marine Center in Tierra
Verde and involves pouring marine-friendly concrete into a fiberglass
mold to create oyster domes and taking apart the molds that were
previously poured. Our October oyster dome construction dates are full.
Thank you to everyone who has registered! We still need help on
November 5 [https://app.etapestry.com/ca
November 19 [https://app.etapestry.com/c