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Patchogue trustees back oyster-restoration education project at Shorefront Park
Summary
Presenters from a local conservation nonprofit outlined an oyster-restoration and school education program to seed the Great South Bay; trustees indicated informal support and said no formal approval was required at the meeting.
A local conservation nonprofit told the Village of Patchogue Board of Trustees on Jan. 27 that it plans to place hundreds of oyster grow-out cages and reef structures near Shorefront Park and to run a yearlong student education program that will put spat-on-shell oysters into the Great South Bay.
The project, presented by Taylor Larson, an environmental educator for CCAP Environmental Association, and Chris Menenhouthan, the conservation director, would pair classroom work and field trips with hands-on oyster grow-out. "The program, tentatively titled the IELTS program, which stands for Introducing students to Long Island estuaries," Larson said, describing a one-year curriculum and class-based grow-out cages at Shorefront Park.
Organizers said the work is intended to serve two goals: restoration and education. "One adult oyster can filter up to 50…
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