Plant 200,000 American oysters and assess their potential to both remove or "bioextract" pollution and repopulate a historic fishery in Port Jefferson Harbor, New York. Project will remove 130 pounds of nitrogen pollution annually from a harbor of Long Island Sound.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
Long Island Sound Futures Fund
Project Title: Oyster Planting to Improve Water Quality in Long Island Sound-II (NY)
Organization:
Town of Brookhaven
Project ID:
1401.22.073334
Description:
Award Amount:
$79639.62
Location:
Port Jefferson Harbor, New York