美国志愿者正在种植牡蛎,以恢复Chesapeake Bay的人口并改进水质。 US volunteers are cultivating oysters to restore the Chesapeake Bay's population and improve water quality.

金伯利·普赖斯(Kimberly Price)等美国牡蛎园丁正在帮助恢复切萨皮克湾的牡蛎种群,由于污染、疾病和过度收割,这些种群已降至原规模的1%。 US oyster gardeners like Kimberly Price are helping to restore the Chesapeake Bay's oyster population, which has fallen to just one percent of its original size due to pollution, disease, and overharvesting. 这些志愿者在家里培育数以千计的牡蛎,直到他们准备好被耕种到海湾,他们每天在那里可以处理多达50加仑的水,改善水质和捕捉二氧化碳。 These volunteers nurture thousands of oysters at home until they are ready to be planted in the bay, where they can process up to 50 gallons of water daily, improving water quality and capturing carbon dioxide. 切萨皮克湾基金会的目标是到2025年向该海湾增加100亿牡蛎,其中已经种植了67亿牡蛎。 The Chesapeake Bay Foundation aims to add 10 billion oysters to the bay by 2025, with 6.7 billion already planted.