From filtering water to creating reefs, oysters play an important role in marine ecosystems — and an organization called Billion Oyster Project is on a mission to restore 1 billion of them to NY waterways.
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Did you know one adult oyster can filter 50 gallons of water a day?

In this episode of One Small Step Lucy speaks with Ann Fraioli, the Director of Education for the Billion Oyster Project, to learn just how important oysters are to the New York Harbor's ecosystem.

New York used to be an oyster hot spot, but over time water pollution and over-harvesting caused the oyster population to dwindle. In 2014, the Billion Oyster Project was formed with a mission to return one billion oysters back to New York's waterways. Since 2014, the Billion Oyster Project has collected over 1.6 million pounds of oyster shells and introduced 47 millions oysters to the harbor.

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