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Oysters play a critical role in improving the Chesapeake Bay’s health. To help their populations increase Bay-wide, in 2018 ORP developed a special program called Operation Build-a-Reef. Build-a-Reef empowers the public, through grassroots fundraising, to put oysters back into their local waterways (onto sanctuaries where they will filter water and create beneficial habitat for other species). A successful Build-a-Reef campaign relies on partnership with a local nonprofit conservation partner that understands the community’s wants and can inspire action. To date, ORP has worked with three different conservation groups to plant more than 115 million oysters in three different waterways!
Learn about the Build-a-Reef campaigns taking place this summer – and consider making a donation to to create healthy oyster reefs in these locations. Funds contributed directly support the production, transport, and planting of oysters back into the Chesapeake Bay!