{
  "projectDescription": "NOAA’s Restoration Center worked with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) to implement an oyster restoration project along the coast of South Carolina through multiple small-scale demonstration projects. This project focused on restoring oyster habitat bordering salt marsh in tidal creeks and studied how intact oyster habitats can stabilize and control fringing marsh and mud bank erosion. Recycled oyster shell and stabilizing mesh was used to establish suitable substrate for reef development. Over the last four years this program has constructed a total of 98 volunteer-built reefs at 28 sites along the South Carolina coast. In addition, 13 regional shell recycling centers were established to enable volunteers to bag over 13,000 bushels of shells weighing more than 200 tons.",
  "program": "Community-based Restoration",
  "name": "South Carolina Oyster Reefs",
  "id": "141",
  "state": "South Carolina",
  "state_abbr": "SC",
  "region": "SER - Southeast",
  "constructionStartDate": "2001-09-01 00:00:00.0",
  "nepaStatus": "Complete",
  "nepaCompliance": "Programmatic EA for CRP",
  "fedLeverage": "71950",
  "nonFedLeverage": "79283",
  "accompReportStatus": "Completed",
  "accompReportDate": "2004-05-31 00:00:00.0",
  "accompAcresMilesFlag": "Y",
  "accompVolFlag": "Y",
  "accompDebrisFlag": "N",
  "status": "Completed",
  "locations": [
    {
      "latitude": "32.7911",
      "longitude": "-79.9255",
      "county": "Charleston County",
      "city": "Charleston",
      "congDistrict": "6",
      "riverBasin": "Edisto-South Carolina Coastal",
      "huc": "30502010707"
    }
  ],
  "habitats": [
    {
      "name": "oyster reef/shell bottom",
      "fiscalYear": "2004",
      "actAcresCreateCnt": "0.04"
    },
    {
      "name": "oyster reef/shell bottom",
      "fiscalYear": "2003",
      "actAcresCreateCnt": "0.15"
    }
  ],
  "species": [
    {
      "species": "virginica",
      "genus": "Crassostrea",
      "commonName": "Oyster, eastern",
      "nmfsManagedFlag": "N"
    },
    {
      "species": "xanthurus",
      "genus": "Leiostomus",
      "commonName": "Spot",
      "nmfsManagedFlag": "N"
    },
    {
      "species": "griseus",
      "genus": "Lutjanus",
      "commonName": "Snapper, gray",
      "nmfsManagedFlag": "N"
    },
    {
      "species": "dentatus",
      "genus": "Paralichthys",
      "commonName": "Flounder, summer",
      "nmfsManagedFlag": "N"
    },
    {
      "species": "lethostigma",
      "genus": "Paralichthys",
      "commonName": "Flounder, southern",
      "nmfsManagedFlag": "N"
    }
  ],
  "partners": [
    {
      "name": "University of Charleston Grice Marine Program"
    },
    {
      "name": "South Carolina Coastal Conservation League"
    },
    {
      "name": "Beaufort (SC) Marine Institute"
    },
    {
      "name": "South Carolina Department of Natural Resources"
    },
    {
      "name": "Charleston Math and Science Hub"
    },
    {
      "name": "Belle W. Baruch Institute for Marine and Coastal Sciences"
    }
  ],
  "strategies": [
    {
      "name": "Oyster",
      "primaryFlag": "Y"
    }
  ],
  "photos": [
    {
      "id": "2464",
      "name": "2464_F15199_SCOREfillingbags.jpg",
      "webpageNumber": "1",
      "caption": "Volunteers fill mesh bags with oysters",
      "imageType": "Overview Map"
    },
    {
      "id": "2465",
      "name": "2465_F11972_SCOREShellBags.jpg",
      "webpageNumber": "2"
    },
    {
      "id": "2469",
      "name": "2469_F15503_SCOREoystreefs.jpg",
      "webpageNumber": "3"
    }
  ],
  "volunteers": [
    {
      "count": "2000",
      "hours": "10,000.0"
    }
  ],
  "techniques": [
    {
      "name": "Oyster reef construction"
    },
    {
      "name": "Oyster gardening"
    }
  ],
  "funding": [
    {
      "mechanism": "National Fish and Wildlife Foundation - Five Star",
      "activityType": "Restoration",
      "fyAwarded": "2000",
      "noaaContribution": "5,000.0",
      "noaaFundingFlag": "N",
      "otherNonFedContribution": "0.0",
      "partnerContribution": "5,000.0",
      "stateContribution": "0.0",
      "sourceProgram": "CRP - Community-based Restoration Program",
      "partner": {
        "name": "South Carolina Department of Natural Resources"
      }
    },
    {
      "mechanism": "FishAmerica Foundation",
      "activityType": "Restoration",
      "fyAwarded": "2001",
      "noaaContribution": "6,950.0",
      "noaaFundingFlag": "N",
      "otherNonFedContribution": "0.0",
      "partnerContribution": "6,950.0",
      "stateContribution": "0.0",
      "sourceProgram": "CRP - Community-based Restoration Program",
      "partner": {
        "name": "South Carolina Department of Natural Resources"
      }
    },
    {
      "mechanism": "NOAA Restoration Center",
      "activityType": "Restoration",
      "fyAwarded": "2000",
      "noaaContribution": "60,000.0",
      "noaaFundingFlag": "N",
      "otherNonFedContribution": "0.0",
      "partnerContribution": "0.0",
      "stateContribution": "0.0",
      "partner": {
        "name": "South Carolina Department of Natural Resources"
      }
    },
    {
      "mechanism": "NOAA Restoration Center",
      "activityType": "Restoration",
      "fyAwarded": "2001",
      "noaaContribution": "46,299.0",
      "noaaFundingFlag": "N",
      "otherNonFedContribution": "0.0",
      "partnerContribution": "0.0",
      "stateContribution": "0.0",
      "partner": {
        "name": "South Carolina Department of Natural Resources"
      }
    }
  ]
}