Adopt an Oyster

So while drinking at the Eastport-a-Rockin festival in Annapolis and checking out a super funky band, The Big Hurt, I came across some good peops with an interesting approach to saving the world.

The Adopt an Oyster program is a plan to clean up the Chesapeake Bay by increasing the oyster population. Oysters, I was told, act as a natural filtration system and actually clean the water in which they live (so basically the Chesapeake needs an infinite supply). It was actually pretty cool, one of the people at Oyster King 1, had a bunch of oysters in glass jugs that he has filling up in bay and within a few hours the oysters had changed the water from brown to Brita-like.

You can help by adopting an “Oyster Hotel” which is a cage that floats in the nutrient-rich top water and protects the “spat” (baby oysters) from predators. You just need waterfront property around the Chesapeake Bay and $500 (neither of which I have). You get a $500 tax credit if you participate though so go on out and be good family.

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