Oyster restoration has emerged as the defining success story for the Chesapeake Bay over the last decade.
Since 2014, a collaborative effort between Maryland, Virginia, and federal agencies like NOAA has resulted in the restoration of 11 tributaries—surpassing an ambitious goal that many experts originally deemed unreachable. By reviving these reefs, the region is effectively reinstalling a massive, natural filtration system capable of processing billions of gallons of water daily.
"An adult oyster can filter 50 gallons of water a day... if we could get back to that, reduce the pollution entering the Chesapeake Bay from the land and rebuild the bay's natural infrastructure with oysters, then we really are setting that future vision for the bay," says Hilary Harp Falk of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.
As these 11 tributaries begin to mature, this natural infrastructure serves as a foundational step in scaling the Bay toward its long-term water quality targets.
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