We are thrilled to be a partner on the West Pond Living Shoreline Project. The project involves sand, coir logs, native plantings, and an oyster shell breakwater system — made up of 5,000 biodegradable bags packed by Billion Oyster Project volunteers. Click here to learn more.
PARTNERS
Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy (lead)
Fund for the City of New York
National Park Service
Dirtworks Landscape Architecture
Rippled Waters Engineering and Great Ecology
American Littoral Society
Jamaica Bay EcoWatchers
PRESS COVERAGE
YEAR INSTALLED
2021
NYC BOROUGH
Queens
WATERWAY
Jamaica Bay
“Reclaimed oyster shells give oyster larvae an ideal spot to settle and grow into reefs. It was a pleasure to provide 5,000 bags of oyster shell, constructed with the help of hundreds of volunteers, to the Jamaica Bay Rockaway Parks Conservancy to help kickstart the process of protecting our shorelines.”
— Charlotte Boesch, Shell Collection Manager
