Local Groups Will Plant 20 Million Oysters In Severn River On Friday

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — The Severn River Association and Oyster Recovery Partnership volition works 20 cardinal juvenile oysters successful the Severn River connected Friday arsenic portion of an ongoing effort to amended h2o quality.

According to the Oyster Recovery Partnership, oysters are “filter feeders” that make cleaner h2o by removing pollutants and excess nutrients, and their reefs supply habitats, nutrient and extortion for different marine animals and plants.

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The dense improvement on the Severn River leads to problems similar erosion, mediocre h2o prime and a diminution of marine life, the groups said.

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Since 1998, the radical has planted much than 8.5 cardinal juvenile oysters successful protected sanctuaries successful the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. State instrumentality forbids harvesting successful these areas.

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On Friday astatine 11 a.m., a vas volition question to existing oyster reefs, located disconnected the shores of the Jonas and Anne Catharine Green Park successful Annapolis, to works the juvenile oysters.

CBS Baltimore Staff