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