Leif Berner News Today

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation released a report outlining strategies and targets for oyster restoration in the bay, and how restoration can create benefits beyond just survival of the species.

Tucked behind a residential neighborhood just off a major highway, a Portsmouth riverfront residence swarms with volunteers. For three weeks, people from all walks of life – retired engineers, students, even a few Crossfit groups – have been unloading bags of loose shell, hauling wheelbarrows of sand and building the foundation of a new 718-foot “living shoreline.” The volunteers, along with ...

Volunteers build a base structure for oyster castles to be placed along Leif Berner’s 718-foot shoreline on Lilly Creek in Portsmouth, Va. on Wednesday, June 28, 2023. Volunteers joined the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and Elizabeth River Project to build Berner a living shoreline with these 30-pound castles. Native oysters found in Lilly Creek will be added to the oyster castles after the base is completed.