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Chesapeake Bay Oyster Restoration Project

Sector: Water Supply and Storage • Location: Maryland, Virginia, United States

Source: Patch

Project
Completed (Initial Restoration Work)

A large-scale oyster restoration project involving the planting of billions of hatchery-spawned oysters on thousands of acres of river bottom in Maryland and Virginia. The project aims to restore oyster reefs in 10 Chesapeake Bay tributaries by 2025, providing ecosystem benefits such as water filtration, habitat for marine life, and shoreline protection.

Status
Completed (initial restoration work)
Sector
Water Supply and Storage, Government
Location
Maryland, Virginia, United States of America
Updated
22 Jul 2026
Source
Patch

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The project “Chesapeake Bay Oyster Restoration Project” is an infrastructure initiative in the Water Supply and Storage sector, located in Maryland, Virginia, United States. Taiyo aggregates data on it from Patch.

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completed (initial restoration work)

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2026-07-22

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A large-scale oyster restoration project involving the planting of billions of hatchery-spawned oysters on thousands of acres of river bottom in Maryland and Virginia. The project aims to restore oyster reefs in 10 Chesapeake Bay tributaries by 2025, providing ecosystem benefits such as water filtration, habitat for marine life, and shoreline protection.

Original sector

Environmental Restoration

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United States of America (USA)

State

Maryland, Virginia

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Sector

Water Supply and Storage, Government

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2025-09-18

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