There were once enough oysters to clean & filter the entire Chesapeake Bay and its rivers every 3 or 4 days. Although oysters are now at historically low populations, we have seen some progress.
MAGOTHY RIVER ASSOCIATION has long been committed to restoring their population, through monitoring, reef ball planting, oyster nurseries, Marylanders Grow Oysters and large-scale oyster spat deliveries.
YOUR HELP IS BADLY NEEDED.
If you have access to a pier on the Magothy, you can participate in growing oysters at home. This rewarding, no cost program is available each year. All materials are provided but this year’s deadline for signing up is June 30th. Email Brad Knopf at bdknopf@gmail.com.
Now through next year, we are planning to add a HUGE amount of oyster to the river through DNR, Oystery Recovery Partnership and fellow river organizations.
We are now budgeting & fundraising for a SHIP LOAD of 15 to 30 million oyster spat! It will take $40,000 to $80,000 to do this, depending on whether we can afford a half or the full boat.
As you may know, MRA is an all-volunteer organization, and so we rarely fundraise or ask for donations, but this is extremely urgent!
WE NEED HEROES TO STEP UP AND MAKE DONATIONS FOR THE RIVER!
Any amount will help, and your donation will be placed in a dedicated fund to be used ONLY for this purpose. We are also hoping to enlist benefactors of means to enhance this program by providing the option of matching funds.
To donate, contact president@magothyriver.org or bdknopf@gmail.com.
