Harris Creek (Maryland) is a tidal creek on the eastern shore of Maryland. It is a location for oyster restoration.
Harris Creek was named for William Harris, a 19th-century landowner. [1]
It flows from north to south into the Chesapeake Bay, in Talbot County, Maryland, near Tilghman Island. [2]
The Nature Conservancy, and the Oyster Recovery Partnership, [3] Maryland Department of Natural Resources, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers planted oyster spat on 350 underwater acres. [4] Planting began in 2012. [5] [6] Water quality is measured with a vertical profiler and water quality sondes moored at the bottom. [7] In 2013, 112,500 tons of fossilized oyster shell were transported from Florida, and 42,536 tons of the shell went into Harris Creek (the rest went to the Little Choptank River. [8]
Harris Creek (Maryland) is a tidal creek on the eastern shore of Maryland. It is a location for oyster restoration.
Harris Creek was named for William Harris, a 19th-century landowner. [1]
It flows from north to south into the Chesapeake Bay, in Talbot County, Maryland, near Tilghman Island. [2]
The Nature Conservancy, and the Oyster Recovery Partnership, [3] Maryland Department of Natural Resources, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers planted oyster spat on 350 underwater acres. [4] Planting began in 2012. [5] [6] Water quality is measured with a vertical profiler and water quality sondes moored at the bottom. [7] In 2013, 112,500 tons of fossilized oyster shell were transported from Florida, and 42,536 tons of the shell went into Harris Creek (the rest went to the Little Choptank River. [8]