Our goal at Mobile Baykeeper is to contribute to restoration efforts by growing 1 million oysters over the next few years. Since the start of Mobile Baykeeper’s Oyster Gardening Program, our oysters have become the equivalent of office pets. “How are the oysters looking this week?” or “How many cages do we have now?” are frequent questions heard in passing between meetings.
As we move forward with the program, we will work with restoration ecologists, resource managers, and various agencies and organizations to learn more about how we can help restore conditions for oysters. Restoring our reefs is going to take more than just our teams’ “blood, sweat, and tears” — it requires that our community be stewards of our waters and the life that teems within them.
– from Mobile Baykeeper’s CURRENTS (Winter 2023)
