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.
In 2021, ORP hopes to complete work in the Tred Avon River (92.45 acres of reef completed, 147 acres ID’d for restoration) and commence restoration in the Manokin (441 acres ID’d for restoration) and Upper St. Mary’s Rivers (59.7 ID’d for restoration).

History of Restoration