NFWF Grant Profile

Restore oyster reefs in the Eastern Branch of the Lynnhaven River in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Project will remove approximately 1,626 pounds of nitrogen a year through denitrification and 2,541 pounds of nitrogen storage in the shells and bodies of oysters and reef fauna, an additional 60 acres reef habitat target in the Lynnhaven, resulting in removal of 32,520 pounds of nitrogen a year through denitrification and 50,820 pounds of nitrogen storage.