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Volunteer Opportunity – SCORE Living Shoreline Project
July 25, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Update:
Thank you volunteers! The total number of volunteer slots for the upcoming July 25th S.C.O.R.E. event have been filled!
For those of you who wished to be part of this event but weren’t able to sign up, the work with SCORE will be ongoing for several years providing more volunteer opportunities in the future. More information will be sent as it becomes available. Learn more about the SCORE Program: https://score.dnr.sc.gov/
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Tuesday, July 25th from 10 a.m. – 2 pm!
Come and volunteer at the Port Royal Sound Foundation’s Weezie pavilion with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources S.C.O.R.E. division to assemble Manufacture Wire Reefs (MWR). This oyster reef substrate will be used to create new oyster reefs for a project funded by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. This project will focus on increasing the coastal resilience of the shorelines adjacent to MCRD Parris Island. Reefs will be constructed on Battery Creek, the Beaufort River and Archers Creek over the next 3 years. The fabrication of these reef units requires the use of pneumatic tools, galvanized wire and recycled oyster shell. This reef substrate has proven extremely effective at recruiting oysters and in turn providing essential habitat for numerous estuarine species.