History of Restoration

TIMELINE

  • 1994: ORP founded
  • 2010: Shell Recycling Alliance Formed
  • 2014: Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement Signed
  • 2015: Harris Creek Reef Restoration Completed
  • 2018: Operation Build-a-Reef Campaign plants 45.1 million oysters on sanctuary reefs in the Severn River. Funded by DNR and grassroots donations.
  • 2019: ORP’s 25th Anniversary – 8.5 billion oysters planted and 200,000 oyster shells recycled!
  • 2020: Little Choptank Reef Restoration Completed
  • 2020: Operation Build-a-Reef returns planting 16.9 million oysters in the Severn. Fully funded by grassroots donations.
  • 2021: Tred Avon River Reef Restoration Completed
  • 2021: Operation Build-a-Reef returns planting 24 million oysters in the Severn. Fully funded by grassroots donations.
  • 2022: ORP hopes to start reef restoration work in the Manokin and St. Mary’s Rivers