Community-built reefs are constructed of plastic mesh bags filled with oyster shells. The mesh bag creates a stable, three-dimensional habitat that is conducive to the recruitment of juvenile oysters. The mesh bags are laid side-by-side on the shore to create a “footprint,” eventually becoming a living oyster reef. Some shell bags will be used as “stump bags” with rebar pushed through them and placed standing upright at the reefs.
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The Sustainability Institute’s Environmental Conservation Corps (ECC) program is an AmeriCorps-affiliated workforce development and service-learning program for young adults, which offers free job training and paid conservation work experiences for people seeking conservation and sustainability jobs. To learn more about our organization and the Environmental Conservation Corps program: http://sustainabilityinstitutesc.org/ecc/
