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Wilson Middle School students build oyster “rag pots” for Manatee River restoration
Summary
A representative of the Wilson Middle School Agriscience program described students making concrete-and-cloth “oyster rag pots” that will be deployed on a 10-acre permitted restoration site in the Manatee River in May to help filter runoff in Tampa Bay.
An unnamed representative of the Wilson Middle School Agriscience program said students are constructing inexpensive structures to restore oyster habitat and help improve water quality in Tampa Bay.
The program is teaching students how to make so-called oyster "rag pots," the speaker said, describing a process of soaking small cloths in concrete attached to a metal stake and wooden base so the pieces can be pressed into a riverbed and act as hard substrate for oysters to colonize. "We have a 10 acre permitted oyster…
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