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Oyster drill removal - Poulsbo
No, not machinery. Snails! Help remove little marine snails that aren't from around here and keep eating our native oysters.
| When |
Apr 08, 2008 from 12:00 pm to 04:00 pm |
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| Cost | Free |
| What to Bring | Rubber Boots, gardening gloves, raingear, change of clothes |
| How Muddy? | This is hands and knees on the beach. Lots of oyster shell and muddy sand. |
| Where | Poulsbo Marina |
| Sponsored By | Puget Sound Restoration Fund |
| Contact Name | Brian Allen |
| Contact Email | brian@restorationfund.org |
| Contact Phone | 360-280-7410 |
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JOIN OUR DRILL TEAM!
Come out for this day and you will see lots of little saltwater animals.
Please RSVP by April 7.
The Puget Sound Restoration Fund has been working with Washington Fish & Wildlife, who owns tidelands in Liberty Bay near Poulsbo, and many other partners (TNC, NOAA, US Navy, Tribes) to restore native oyster stocks to the tidelands around Poulsbo. Each year since 2005 they have expanded on what has become a very successful restoration project.
In addition to the native Olympia oyster, many other critters are attracted to this enhancement site to take refuge or forage in the new oyster habitat. One of these species is the Japanese Oyster Drill (Ceratostoma inornatum), an attractive little snail that is a voracious predator on our little native oyster.
March is when these animals aggregate on the surface of the beach to lay eggs; this is the best time to collect them. The goal of the day is simply to collect as many of these exotic animals as possible and remove them from the tideland. You'll meet at the Poulsbo Marina parking lot at 1pm and take a short boat ride accross the Bay to the WDFW beach.
PLEASE NOTE: This is hands and knees on the beach. Lots of oyster shell and muddy sand.
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Oyster drill removal - Poulsbo
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No, not machinery. Snails! Help remove little marine snails that aren't from around here and keep eating our native oysters.
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JOIN OUR DRILL TEAM!
Come out for this day and you will see lots of little saltwater animals.Please RSVP by April 7.
The Puget Sound Restoration Fund has been working with Washington Fish & Wildlife, who owns tidelands in Liberty Bay near Poulsbo, and many other partners (TNC, NOAA, US Navy, Tribes) to restore native oyster stocks to the tidelands around Poulsbo. Each year since 2005 they have expanded on what has become a very successful restoration project.
In addition to the native Olympia oyster, many other critters are attracted to this enhancement site to take refuge or forage in the new oyster habitat. One of these species is the Japanese Oyster Drill (Ceratostoma inornatum), an attractive little snail that is a voracious predator on our little native oyster.
March is when these animals aggregate on the surface of the beach to lay eggs; this is the best time to collect them. The goal of the day is simply to collect as many of these exotic animals as possible and remove them from the tideland. You'll meet at the Poulsbo Marina parking lot at 1pm and take a short boat ride accross the Bay to the WDFW beach.
PLEASE NOTE: This is hands and knees on the beach. Lots of oyster shell and muddy sand.
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