Rink2Reef

This week’s blog discusses an important community project named Rink2Reef to build reefs throughout Southwest Florida! Florida Gulf Coast University has begun a program using donated hockey sticks to build reefs to restore oyster habitats. FGCU is taking donated hockey sticks, cutting them down, and stacking them in a “Lincoln Log” structure. The sticks are made of a carbon composite material, so they don’t break down easily in the water. “Why oysters?”, you may wonder. Well, approximately 400 oysters can grow on a single structure, and each oyster filters about 50 gallons of water per day. That means that just one of these recycled structures can facilitate cleaning 20,000 gallons of water per day!  This method of reef building is also being taught to local community volunteer groups to encourage similar projects.

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