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Harris Creek (Maryland) is a tidal creek on the eastern shore of Maryland. It is a location for oyster restoration.

Harris Creek was named for William Harris, a 19th-century landowner.[1]

Location

It flows from north to south into the Chesapeake Bay, in Talbot County, Maryland, near Tilghman Island.[2]

Oyster restoration

The Nature Conservancy, and the Oyster Recovery Partnership,[3] Maryland Department of Natural Resources, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers planted oyster spat on 350 underwater acres.[4] Planting began in 2012.[5][6] Water quality is measured with a vertical profiler and water quality sondes moored at the bottom.[7] In 2013, 112,500 tons of fossilized oyster shell were transported from Florida, and 42,536 tons of the shell went into Harris Creek (the rest went to the Little Choptank River.[8]

References

External links

• http://chesapeakebay.noaa.gov/habitats-hot-topics/noaa-science-supports-harris-creek-oyster-project
• http://www.stardem.com/image_e788a5c8-7c89-11e2-941e-0019bb2963f4.html

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