The following people/groups
are making a difference through their involvement in the Sotterley Oyster Project:
are making a difference through their involvement in the Sotterley Oyster Project:
Lexington Park Elementary 5th Grade STEM class
Coastal Conservation Association of Maryland
St. Mary’s River Watershed Association
Friends of St. Clement’s Bay
John Spinicchia and the Natural Resources Management Students from the Forrest Career and Technology Center
Local Cub Scouts
Sean Ely and his parents (Eagle Scout Project)
St. Mary’s College of Maryland Bay to Bay Service Project Volunteers
Jim and Eileen McVey
Elisabeth Curtz
Fred Millhiser
Bob Lewis
"What's the Oyster Project?"
Spat Cages & Reef Building New Environmental Project—OYSTERS!
Knowledgeable volunteers from the Coastal Conservation Association of Maryland, the Friends of St. Clements Bay, and the St. Mary’s River Watershed Project instructed students in the strategic placement of six cages of oyster spat at various water depths: 2ft, 4ft, 6ft, 8ft, 10ft, and 12ft.
Twice a year, the students will return to Sotterley Creek to take water samples and complete testing to check the levels of salinity, pH, and temperature. In the spring, an Eagle Scout will also work with us to establish an oyster reef under the dock, which will hopefully become home to a thriving community of oysters.
“What began as a casual conversation about the health of our local waterways with colleagues, has blossomed into a strong collaboration,” stated Katherine Humphries, Education Coordinator of Historic Sotterley. “This the beginning of a larger vision and expansion of Sotterley’s environmental programming and we are thrilled to be part of teaching younger generations about the importance of improving the quality of environment—here in the Chesapeake Bay region and beyond.”
This a natural progression in Historic Sotterley’s on-going Environmental Stewardship mission-driven initiatives.
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