Tibwin Creek Oyster Restoration Project
 

Volunteers in Action

The Nature Conservancy working with partners and volunteers is ready to complete the first on the ground oyster project in South Carolina. The project will bring two oyster reefs along the Tibwin creek  together.   Volunteers filled over 200 bags of recycled oyster shells to restore the bank between the two reefs. The reefs not only help attract oyster populations to locations where they have been depleted but also provide estuarine habitat for other species. The shells came from 16 public recycling sites operated by the state Department of Natural Resources.

April 11, 2009 - Volunteers bagged over 200 bags of dried oyster shells.

April 14, 2009 Volunteers moved the 200 bags from Garris Landing to Tibwin Creek.

April 25, 2009 Volunteers created a 'new reef' providing new habitat for 130 marine species that use an oyster reef for protection or feeding grounds.