SHELL BAGGING
Roll your sleeves up and get ready to bag some oyster shells. Shell bagging prepares us for our reef building operations. You’ll get both a great work out and contribute to the next generation of oyster reefs!
ADOPT-A-MANGROVE
Mangroves provide a safe home for native plants, animals and birds. Join us at the Zoo to learn more about mangroves and take home a seedling to foster and later plant at a restoration site. The event includes a tour of our aquarium and touch tank!
Are you a Brevard County resident with a dock along the Indian River Lagoon? Sign up to be an OYSTER GARDENER and help Brevard Zoo’s Restore Our Shores program!
Are you a Brevard County resident with waterfront property? Sign up to receive information about getting a living shoreline on your property through Brevard Zoo’s Restore Our Shores program!
Get a great workout and help the IRL by making shell bags! Shell bags are used to build all the different layers of oyster reefs. Contact Callie Shaffer at Cshaffer@brevardzoo.org or at 321-254-9453 Ext. 492 with any questions!
Moving bags of oyster shell that will be used in the build. These will serve as future habitat to the spawn of the oysters that our Gardeners have grown. Each build is unique to its location and will ultimately help create a “living shoreline” all along the Indian River Lagoon.
SPRING RECAP 2017
REEF BUILDING
The Restore Our Shores team has continued making significant progress with its reef building efforts. Throughout the spring, the team constructed reefs in Port St. John and multiple areas in Indiatlantic, totaling over 850 linear feet. Future builds are awaiting permits and will likely to continue in mid to late August.