October Animal Feature: Eastern Oysters
October’s Chesapeake Bay spotlight is a favorite of fish and people alike - oysters! October signals the start of the oyster harvest season here in Maryland that runs through the…
Kicking of the 16th Season of TIGO
Each fall, the Phillips Wharf Environmental Center receives bags of spat on shell from the Horn Point Oyster Hatchery through the Marylanders Grow Oysters program. These baby oysters are divvied…
Maryland’s Oyster Fishery Disaster
In the last few weeks, you may have seen news articles talking about declaring a federal disaster for the Maryland oyster fishery. While in the past, we have seen such…
Oyster Restoration and Research at Phillips Wharf
As you may know, the Phillips Wharf Environmental Center runs a community-based oyster restoration program known as Tilghman Islanders Grow Oysters. Through this program, volunteers host oyster cages for a…
Oyster Aquaculture In Maryland
Wild harvest of oysters begins October 1st in Maryland, so this month we are focusing on the other side of oyster harvest, aquaculture. Oyster farming is one of many tools…
Restorative Aquaculture
When it comes to helping restore ecosystems, we tend to think about using fewer resources to better protect and preserve that system. With the example of fish that have been…
Easton Elementary Students Work to Enhance Oyster Habitat in the Chesapeake Bay
Just before school lets out for the summer, Mrs. Kelsey Cook’s 4th grade science students at Easton Elementary got their hands dirty in the name of oyster restoration. Together, with…
Sustainable Living Workshop Series
What to expect:Events at the Waterfowl Building will include complementary wine for guests ages 21 and over courtesy of the Waterfowl Festival. Join us from 5:00 to 5:15 to grab…
The 14th Season of Tilghman Islanders Grow Oysters
Delivering cages is a great excuse to get outside and enjoy seeing different parts of the Chesapeake Bay! Tilghman Islanders Grow Oysters is the name of the volunteer oyster restoration…
Closing out the 13th Season of Tilghman Islanders Grow Oysters
At the end of May, we wrapped up our 13th season of oyster restoration with our Tilghman Islanders Grow Oysters program. In case you aren’t familiar with this program, it…