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Moriches Bay Project Organizes Oyster Planting Saturday Morning

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Kim Tetrault

Kim Tetrault

a community aquaculture specialist with the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County shows volunteers how to assemble oyster cages on Saturday morning in West Hampton Dunes. KYLE CAMPBELL

a community aquaculture specialist with the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County shows volunteers how to assemble oyster cages on Saturday morning in West Hampton Dunes. KYLE CAMPBELL

Amanda Olszewski and her son

Amanda Olszewski and her son

Gavin

Gavin

of Northport put together a plastic oyster cage on Saturday morning. KYLE CAMPBELL

of Northport put together a plastic oyster cage on Saturday morning. KYLE CAMPBELL

Brian Koonmen and his daughter

Brian Koonmen and his daughter

Sophia

Sophia

both of Remsenburg

both of Remsenburg

construct a plastic oyster cage on Saturday morning in West Hampton Dunes. KYLE CAMPBELL

construct a plastic oyster cage on Saturday morning in West Hampton Dunes. KYLE CAMPBELL

Southampton Town Trustee Ray Overton addresses volunteers during a Moriches Bay Project event on Saturday morning in West Hampton Dunes. KYLE CAMPBELL

Southampton Town Trustee Ray Overton addresses volunteers during a Moriches Bay Project event on Saturday morning in West Hampton Dunes. KYLE CAMPBELL

Kim Tetrault

Kim Tetrault

a community aquaculture specialist with the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County sets up the rigging for an oyster planting event organized by the Moriches Bay Project on Saturday morning in West Hampton Dunes. KYLE CAMPBELL

a community aquaculture specialist with the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County sets up the rigging for an oyster planting event organized by the Moriches Bay Project on Saturday morning in West Hampton Dunes. KYLE CAMPBELL

authorKyle Campbell on Jul 20, 2015
About 30 volunteers, both young and old, helped plant new oyster beds in Moriches Bay on Saturday morning at the village overlook in West Hampton Dunes. Experts from the Cornell... more

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