Oyster Lake Habitat Protection & Restoration Phase

Summary

The project is intended to reduce wave energies affecting the shoreline between Oyster Lake and West Baynd restore fringing marsh habitat along the shoreline through the installation of hard structure breakwaters and transplanting of marsh vegetation behind the structures. It is anticipated that these breakwaters will not only reduce wave energies and halt erosion, but will also result in sediment accretion behind the structures, building up intertidal elevations for the expansion of fringing marsh habitat. The hard structures will also provide substrate on which oyster spat can attach and grow into matured oysters, reinforcing shoreline protection features.