{
  "projectDescription": "Since the 1980’s, oyster reef habitat has declined precipitously in Florida’s Big Bend region. To mitigate these declines, this oyster restoration project incorporated two new techniques in oyster restoration: (1) use of bagged building blocks of living oysters transplanted to create instant living reefs that are resilient to wave action, and (2) designing reefs to capture and protect extant oyster spat and increase growth and survival by enhancing water flow around reef structure in a way that allows built reefs to naturally expand.The restoration project established stable substrate along 25 km of shoreline and used donated, bagged live oysters to boost oyster recruitment. Clean limerock boulders established a hard substrate over existing eroded sand bars and each site was lined with the oyster bags.The restoration of reefs in this pilot project suggests that long term resilience can be built into oyster reefs by the addition of hardened surface and durable substrate and that the established artificial reefs have positive effects on erosion, water flow, water quality, and wildlife.",
  "program": "Community-based Restoration",
  "name": "Big Bend Oyster Restoration",
  "id": "4192",
  "state": "Florida",
  "state_abbr": "FL",
  "region": "SER - Southeast",
  "constructionStartDate": "2013-07-15 00:00:00.0",
  "nepaStatus": "Complete",
  "nepaCompliance": "Programmatic EA for CRP",
  "fedLeverage": "0",
  "nonFedLeverage": "0",
  "accompReportStatus": "Completed",
  "accompReportDate": "2015-07-30 00:00:00.0",
  "accompAcresMilesFlag": "Y",
  "accompVolFlag": "Y",
  "accompDebrisFlag": "N",
  "status": "Completed",
  "locations": [
    {
      "latitude": "29.25531",
      "longitude": "-83.1067",
      "county": "Levy County",
      "city": "Ukiah",
      "congDistrict": "3",
      "riverBasin": "Lake Mendocino-East Fork Russian River",
      "huc": "180000000000"
    }
  ],
  "habitats": [
    {
      "name": "oyster reef/shell bottom",
      "fiscalYear": "2014",
      "actAcresRehabCnt": "0.3"
    }
  ],
  "species": [
    {
      "species": "virginica",
      "genus": "Crassostrea",
      "commonName": "Oyster, eastern",
      "nmfsManagedFlag": "N"
    }
  ],
  "partners": [
    {
      "name": "The Nature Conservancy"
    },
    {
      "name": "National Fish and Wildlife Foundation"
    },
    {
      "name": "Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Division of Aquaculture"
    },
    {
      "name": "Cedar Key Aquaculture Association"
    },
    {
      "name": "University of Florida"
    }
  ],
  "weblinks": [
    {
      "url": "https://wec.ifas.ufl.edu/oysterproject/Frederick%20et%20al%202016%20j%20shellfish%20research.pdf",
      "description": "Journal of Shellfish Research, Vol 35, No. 2, 359-367, 2016. REVERSING A RAPID DECLINE IN OYSTER REEFS: EFFECTS OF DURABLE SUBSTRATE ON OYSTER POPULATIONS, ELEVATIONS, AND AQUATIC BIRD COMMUNITY COMPOSITION"
    }
  ],
  "strategies": [
    {
      "name": "Oyster",
      "primaryFlag": "Y"
    }
  ],
  "photos": [
    {
      "id": "239350",
      "name": "239350_crab in rocks.jpg",
      "webpageNumber": "1",
      "caption": "Blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) in refuge between two clam bags.",
      "imageType": "Project Photo",
      "feature": "N"
    },
    {
      "id": "239352",
      "name": "239352_SamplingMeasurement1_11-10-2014_APB.JPG",
      "webpageNumber": "7",
      "caption": "Oysters were uniform in size and shape suggesting a cohort effect.",
      "imageType": "Project Photo",
      "feature": "N",
      "creditIndividual": "Frederick, University of Florida"
    },
    {
      "id": "239351",
      "name": "239351_IMG_0362.JPG",
      "webpageNumber": "2",
      "caption": "Aerial view of Oyster Reefs in Florida Big Bend.",
      "imageType": "Project Photo",
      "feature": "Y"
    },
    {
      "id": "239353",
      "name": "239353_IMG_1645.jpg",
      "webpageNumber": "4",
      "caption": "Rock on Lone Cabbage reef restoration site 1 approximately 1 month following deposition.",
      "imageType": "Project Photo",
      "feature": "N"
    },
    {
      "id": "239354",
      "name": "239354_Reef_ClamBags2_11-10-2014_APB - Copy.JPG",
      "webpageNumber": "6",
      "caption": "Aquaculture clam bags and limestone boulder materials used to construct durable oyster reefs.",
      "imageType": "Project Photo",
      "feature": "N"
    },
    {
      "id": "239356",
      "name": "239356_IMG_0712.JPG",
      "webpageNumber": "3",
      "caption": "Cameras mounted on PVC poles approximately 1 meter above the reef for estimating crab densities.",
      "imageType": "Project Photo",
      "feature": "N"
    },
    {
      "id": "239355",
      "name": "239355_IMGL0003.JPG",
      "webpageNumber": "5",
      "caption": "Aerial photo of site 5 on July 1 2015 on the Lone Cabbage reef showing considerable coverage of rock by sediment.",
      "imageType": "Project Photo",
      "feature": "N"
    }
  ],
  "volunteers": [
    {
      "fiscalYear": "2016",
      "count": "25",
      "hours": "70.0"
    },
    {
      "fiscalYear": "2015",
      "count": "9",
      "hours": "25.0"
    }
  ],
  "techniques": [
    {
      "name": "Oyster reef construction"
    }
  ],
  "monitoring": [
    {
      "monitorResultId": "E211F3DF-1402-F111-8407-001DD8084FD9",
      "tier1Agreement": "N",
      "tier1Flag": "N",
      "tier2Flag": "N"
    }
  ],
  "funding": [
    {
      "mechanism": "The Nature Conservancy",
      "activityType": "Restoration",
      "fyAwarded": "2013",
      "noaaContribution": "77,844.0",
      "noaaFundingFlag": "N",
      "otherNonFedContribution": "80,293.0",
      "sourceProgram": "CRP - Community-based Restoration Program",
      "partner": {
        "name": "University of Florida"
      }
    },
    {
      "mechanism": "National Fish and Wildlife Foundation",
      "activityType": "Restoration",
      "fyAwarded": "2013",
      "noaaContribution": "53,587.0",
      "noaaFundingFlag": "N",
      "partnerContribution": "28,322.0",
      "sourceProgram": "CRP - Community-based Restoration Program",
      "partner": {
        "name": "University of Florida"
      }
    }
  ]
}