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Save the Date: 4th Annual “Save the Bay” Oyster Fling
June 23, 2018 will be the date of our 4th Annual “Save the Bay” Oyster Fling! Our annual fundraising cocktail party allows us to continue our mission to improve the water quality in Moriches Bay and bring it back to its natural state of health through...
2017 Annual Report
Your oyster investment continues to pay the dividend of cleaner water and healthier bays. The Moriches Bay Project is poised for our best year yet, with your continued support. Please read our 2017 Annual Report and consider donating today for a healthier...
College Essay Final
The Little Oyster That Could When people think of oysters, they often think of pearls or, perhaps, a seafood dish. But I see oysters as so much more. I see a powerful force for change in one tiny, compact body. This past summer and the summer before, I managed an...
Moriches Bay Project Goes to Moriches Elementary School
The Moriches Bay Project went to Moriches Elementary School and talked to the students about the importance of oysters! See the pictures from this fun day.
Our 3rd Annual Oyster Shucking Competition
A great time was had by all at Moriches Bay Projects' Oyster Shucking competition held at the Kiwanis of Greater Westhampton's Oyster Festival on October 7, 2017. Thank you to all our competitors and to our judges, Village of Westhampton Beach Mayor Maria Moore, JOK...
Moriches Bay Project and CCE Suffolk County Marine Environmental Learning Center
The Moriches Bay Project team members recently visited Cornell Cooperative Extension's Suffolk County Marine Environmental Learning Center located at Cedar Beach in Southold. We were lucky to spend time talking with Otto Schmid. Thank you to Cornell Co-op for having...
Thanks to W.A.V.E.S Environmental Club
Thank you to the Westhampton Beach Elementary School W.A.V.E.S Environmental Club for including Moriches Bay Project in their Coins for Creatures program. Your support means so much to us!
Sabrosa Mexican Grill Supporting Moriches Bay Project
Big news! The Moriches Bay Project has been chosen by Sabrosa Mexican Grill to be their charity of the month for July 2017! Be sure to visit a Sabrosa location during the month of July. Any tips collected as well as the total check amount from their 1st customer of...
Boy Scouts Maintaining FLUPSY at Windswept Marina
The Boy Scouts are hard at work maintaining our FLUPSY over at Windswept Marina. Feel free to go on down and take a look anytime.
Update on Floating Upweller System
Recently the Moriches Bay Project team gathered at Windswept Marina in East Moriches, to work on our F.L.U.P.S.Y. (Floating Upweller System).
Photos from our Eelgrass Event
Check out the pictures from our Saturday June 2017 Eelgrass event.
Ray Dowd Oyster Farming Breakfast Photos
See some of the photos from our fun and educational breakfast on Oyster Farming
Yale Day of Service
Our Yale Day of Service event on May 13th was a great success! Despite the rainy weather, we had an excellent turnout. Attendees built oyster cages and made eelgrass disks while learning about all of MBP's efforts! We want to thank everyone for coming out to learn...
It’s Horseshow Crab Season
Have you noticed when walking along the beach there are more horseshoe crabs? This is spawning season. Pikes Beach is one of the few areas where Horseshoe crabs migrate to spawn. If you are interested in helping Cornell in their annual survey of spawning horseshoe...
Oyster Beds Are Doing Great
The Moriches Bay Project team and Greg Rivera from Cornell Cooperative Extension waited for the tide to be just right on a beautiful sunny morning recently to take a boat out to visit two of our oyster beds and the results were... great! We saw quite a bit of growth...
New Partnership with Rebecca Dolber | R.E.D.
As a kid, Moriches Bay was my playground. My parents didn't have a boat, but at the end of our street, we had a park where we could throw down a towel, sunbathe and go fishing. My siblings and I spent many summer afternoons racing hermit crabs and lowering chicken...
