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Spring 2013 Oyster Return
Our return day this year will be Tuesday May 21.
Bring your oysters tothe Galesville Town Dock between 4:00 and 7:00PM on May 21.

This will be our tenth POWeR oyster return and you, the West and Rhode River gardeners, will this year almost certainly top 200,000 oysters planted. Oysters from CBF collections over the years have brought the total on the reef to almost 300,000.

Not yet an oyster gardener?
Workshops are held in the fall (due to the availability of spat).
Here is information on how to become a gardener. To sign up to become an oyster gardener in the 2011 season, contact Meghan Hoffman at CBF at MDoystergardening@cbf.org

OThe West River Improvment Association, (WRIA), is dedicated to the principle that, by working together, residents of Galesville and the surrounding area can protect and improve the quality of life in the community, including the West River watershed

OThe Shady Side Peninsula Association, is the association of citizens' groups and communities on the Shady Side Peninsula

Citizens in the West River community are establishing individual oyster gardens with guidance from the Chesapeake Bay Foundation to provide new one-year old oysters to the santuaries in the coming years.

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