UpbeatA patch of New Hampshire bay gets five quiet years to rebuild its oyster reefs
Oysters are engineers: a healthy reef filters water, shelters young fish and blunts storm waves. From November 1, New Hampshire Fish and Game, working with The Nature Conservancy and the University of New Hampshire, will close 20 acres of Great Bay around Nannie Island and Woodman Point to shellfish harvesting for five years, giving two restoration reefs time to establish. The rest of the bay stays open. It is a small, patient bet — close a little water now so a living reef can do free work for the estuary for decades.
The upbeat factorsometimes the most powerful conservation tool is simply leaving a place alone, on purpose, together.
SDG 14 · Life below water — Mechanism: institutional program
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