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    Oyster Hatchery program director speaks at event marking completion of world's largest oyster restoration project [Image 7 of 7]

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    Oyster Hatchery program director speaks at event marking completion of world's largest oyster restoration project

    MARYLAND, UNITED STATES

    09.15.2015

    Photo by Sarah Lazo 

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District   

    Don 'Mutt' Merritt, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Oyster Hatchery program director, speaks at an event to mark completion of the initial construction phase for the Harris Creek oyster restoration project, aboard the REBECCA T. RUARK, Tilghman Island, Md., Sept. 15, 2015. U of M's Horn Point Hatchery is where the Oyster Recovery Partnership gets the baby oysters to plant as part of the restoration project. Harris Creek is one of the world's largest oyster restoration projects, and the interagency team has restored more than 350 acres of oyster reef habitat through reef construction and seeding. The interagency team consists of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District; Maryland Department of Natural Resources; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and the Oyster Recovery Partnership. (U.S. Army Photo by Sarah Gross)

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    Date Taken: 09.15.2015
    Date Posted: 09.16.2015 10:33
    Photo ID: 2178608
    VIRIN: 150915-A-AQ354-007
    Resolution: 1555x2048
    Size: 1.17 MB
    Location: MARYLAND, US

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