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For Further InformationA New York nonprofit restoring the harbor with oyster reefs, aiming for one billion oysters by 2030 (nonprofit figures).
Image: NASA (STS039-88-054).
Reefs are habitat, and restoring them engages a whole city in its harbor.
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Billion Oyster Project designs, permits, builds and monitors oyster reefs across New York Harbor, with a goal of one billion oysters by 2030. It has collected 3.2 million pounds of restaurant shells that once went to landfill to build new reefs, and more than 40,000 students use its curriculum (nonprofit figures).
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