Maryland and Virginia Oyster Restoration Interagency Teams
Upcoming Meetings
VA Oyster Workgroup Meeting - November
Wednesday, November 8, 2023 from 1:00pm - 3:00pmMD Oyster Workgroup Meeting - November
Monday, November 13, 2023 from 9:30am - 12:30pmVA Oyster Workgroup Meeting - December
Wednesday, December 13, 2023 from 1:00pm - 3:00pmScope and Purpose
The Maryland and Virginia Oyster Restoration Interagency Teams are responsible for identifying tributaries for large-scale oyster restoration and developing Oyster Restoration Tributary Plans for each waterway, in consultation with partners and scientists. Workgroup members include representatives from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Baltimore and Norfolk districts, the Oyster Recovery Partnership, state agencies (including the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and the Virginia Marine Resources Commission), local organizations and consulting scientists. These teams are focused on planning restoration and monitoring in the tributaries that have been selected so far for tributary restoration: Harris Creek, Tred Avon, Little Choptank, and St. Marys River in Maryland; Lafayette, Lynnhaven, Piankantank, Great Wicomico, and Lower York River in Virginia.
Publications
2022 Chesapeake Bay Oyster Restoration Update
Published in ReportThis document includes details on large-scale oyster restoration, including acres of reef constructed and number of spat-on-shell planted, in Maryland and Virginia tributaries for calendar year 2022.
View details2021 Maryland Oyster Monitoring Report
This report describes the results of monitoring done from October through December 2021 on three- and six-year-old restored oyster reefs in Harris Creek, the Little Choptank River, and the Tred Avon River.
2021 Chesapeake Bay Oyster Restoration Update
This document includes details on large-scale oyster restoration, including acres of reef constructed and number of spat-on-shell planted, in Maryland and Virginia tributaries for calendar year 2021.
Watershed Agreement
Sustainable Fisheries Goal
Members
Stephanie Westby (Chair), NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office
NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office
410 Severn Avenue, Suite 107A
Annapolis, Maryland 21403
Email: stephanie.westby@noaa.gov
Andrew Larkin (Chair), NOAA at Nauticus Project Coordinator [National Marine Fisheries Service], NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office
1 Waterside Drive
Norfolk, Virginia 23510
Email: Andrew.W.Larkin@noaa.gov
Phone: (757) 627-3823
Bailey Robertory (Staffer), Sustainable Fisheries Goal Implementation Team Staffer, Chesapeake Research Consortium
200 Harry S. Truman Parkway Suite 460
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
Email: bailey.robertory@noaa.gov
Phone: (240) 628-4590
Andrew Button, Virginia Marine Resources Commission
Andrew Larkin, NOAA at Nauticus Project Coordinator [National Marine Fisheries Service], NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office
1 Waterside Drive
Norfolk, Virginia 23510
Email: Andrew.W.Larkin@noaa.gov
Phone: (757) 627-3823
Andy Lacatell, The Nature Conservancy
Brent James
Chris Ludford
Chris Moore, Chesapeake Bay Foundation
3663 Marlin Bay Drive
Virginia Beach, Virginia 23454
Email: cmoore@cbf.org
Phone: (757) 622-1964
David Schulte, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
David Bruce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
David O'Brien, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Gloucester Point (VA) Field Office
Gloucester Point, Virginia 23062
Email: David.L.O'Brien@noaa.gov
Gabrielle Saluta, Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS)
Heather Lockwood, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
Jackie Shannon, Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Jay Lazar, NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office
Joe Reiger, Elizabeth River Project
Julie Luecke, Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Kerry Kennedy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
Kimberly Koelsch, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
Laura Clarke
Mark Luckenbach, Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS)
Rachael Peabody, Virginia Marine Resources Commission
380 Fenwick Rd
Hampton, Virginia 23651
Email: rachael.peabody@mrc.virginia.gov
Phone: (757) 247-2269
Rom Lipcius, Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS)
Virginia Institute of Marine Science, PO Box 1348
Andrews Hall 427
Gloucester Point, Virginia 23062
Email: rom@vims.edu
Phone: (804) 684-7330
Russell Burke, Christopher Newport University
Tarig Omer, City of Virginia Beach (VA)
Thomas Olexa, U.S. Department of the Navy
Todd Janeski, Coastal Nonpoint Source Prg. Mgr., Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation
Central Office - Zincke Bldg
203 Governor St
Richmond, Virginia 23219
Email: Todd.Janeski@dcr.virginia.gov
Phone: (804) 371-8984