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Crockett was making his way back home to Tangier Island after taking Spotty, one the many community cats that he cared for, to a mainland vet to be spayed. “Donnie” Crockett drowned when his boat capsized during high winds and in rough waters on Chesapeake Bay. WEF photos/Henretty.A few years back 74-year-old James D.
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Lauren Henretty, WEFTEC program coordinator, volunteers with Town of Chesapeake Beach (Md.) Oyster Cultivation Society to collect yearling oysters from along the Fishing Creek waterfront. Following are photos of from the experience. Learn more about water filtration services oysters and other shellfish provide in the Highlights article “ Nature’s Hard-Shelled Filtration Systems: Organizations Work to Restore Bivalves, Nature’s Water Filter, to Waterways.” “I will definitely volunteer again with the Chesapeake Beach Oyster Cultivation Society,” she said. The following weekend, new spat were placed in cages under the boardwalk.Īccording to Henretty, this is just the beginning of her work with the society. She cleaned cages and helped place yearlings on reefs. 8, Henretty joined about 40 other volunteers to help collect yearling oysters and prepare cages for new spat. The oysters then are collected and planted on local reefs in oyster sanctuaries to maintain the oyster population and filter water in the bay. Cages protect spat from predators until their shells have grown thick enough to keep them safe.
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For 9 to 10 months, volunteers grow the spat along their private piers and along the Fishing Creek waterfront from the public Railway Trail Boardwalk, the society’s website says. The society provides volunteers with cages containing baby oysters, also known as spat. The Town of Chesapeake Beach (Md.) Oyster Cultivation Society volunteers collect yearling oysters from along the Fishing Creek waterfront.
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