545 volunteers working to help the Restore Coastal Alabama Project restore oyster reefs in Helen Wood Park, Mobile Bay, AL. Photo credit: 2011 Erika Nortemann/TNC.
Workers install artificial oyster reefs in waters near Grande Isle., LA that will colonize and grow oysters that can help to act as as natural infrastructure to protect fragile coastline.
545 volunteers working to help the Restore Coastal Alabama Project restore oyster reefs in Helen Wood Park, Mobile Bay, AL. Photo credit: 2011 Erika Nortemann/TNC.
Jeff DeQuattro, Marine Program Director for the Nature Conservancy in Alabama examines young oysters growing on artificial reefs at an oyster restoration site at Alabama Port. The 100-1000: Restore Coastal Alabama concept was born out of the success of the Conservancy’s ARRA-funded project which restored nearly 3 miles of oyster reefs in Mobile Bay using three different techniques: bags of oyster shells, Reef Balls and ReefBLK(tm). These same techniques are being used to build the 100 miles of oyster reef for the 100-1000 project. Photo credit: Andrew Kornylak