A group of volunteers gathered at Discovery Village in Shady Side yesterday and prepared to crack open fiberglass molds and reveal the concrete "reef balls" inside.
Paul W. Gillespie — The Capital
Capt. Karl Willey of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation Wednesday explains to volunteers from the James G. Davis Construction Co. how they'll be involved in making 'reef balls' that will be coated with baby oysters and placed in the Chesapeake Bay. The bay foundation is ramping up its reef ball efforts.
Volunteers gather at Discovery Village in Shady Side to make "reef balls" that will be coated with baby oysters and placed in the Chesapeake Bay.
But they weren't quite sure what was going to happen. Did the concrete harden in the cold weather? Would the reef balls be in one piece? Or would they crumble?
The company that made the molds offered no guidance. It is in Florida, where cold weather isn't a problem.
So the volunteers from Rockville's James G. Davis Construction Co. - as well as their guides from the nonprofit Chesapeake Bay Foundation - hoped for the best.
They...
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