Date |
Site |
Activity Details and Observations |
Photos |
1Apr11 |
Orient Point |
Shoot collection for Greenport Jetty planting |
n/a |
6Apr11 |
Greenport Harbor Jetty |
Planted out 50 tortillas (10 shoots per unit; without sand bags) with shoots collected from Orient Point on 1Apr11) |
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27Apr11 |
Long Beach, Orient |
Shoot collection for Greenport Jetty planting |
n/a |
6May11 |
Greenport Harbor Jetty |
Planted out 86 tortillas (10 shoots per unit; without sand bags) with shoots collected from Long Beach, Orient on 27Apr11) |
n/a |
11May11 |
Long Beach, Orient |
Shoot collection for Greenport Jetty planting |
n/a |
25May11 |
Greenport Harbor Jetty |
Greenport Jetty planting 200+ discs/2000+ shoots from ROTC event/Long Beach Shoots. Monitored old plantings and evaluated and planted 40 discs (10 per station; 3, 3.5,4,5 ft) on the east side of breakwater. Did light and depth readings. |
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26May11 |
Greenport Harbor Jetty |
Returned to planting site for "as built" assessment. Also scouted new meadow and potential planting site accross the harbor near Chequit Pt., Shelter Island. |
n/a |
2Jun11 |
Shelter Island |
Scouting for restoration sites. |
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7Jun11 |
Duck Pond Pt |
Monitoring of plantings. Dive aborted because water had zero visability. |
n/a |
14Jun11 |
Greenport Harbor Jetty |
Monitored (photographed) newest plantings (east side of jetty). |
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22Jun11 |
Greenport Harbor Jetty |
Monitored (photographed) plantings on both sides of jetty. East side test plantings looked best at the 2 deeper stations (4-5 ft depths). |
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24Jun11 |
Greenport Harbor Jetty |
Planted 20 discs on west side in a tight group- 10 m north of May 2011 plantings. |
n/a |
6Jul11 |
Shinnecock Bay |
Monitored Shinnecock experimental plantings in eastern and western reaches of corridor and flower/seed development in flats. Jumped across to site b/w shin rd and channel with suitable seeds at ideal maturity and yield. |
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8Jul11 |
Shinnecock Bay |
Seed collection. |
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15Jul11 |
Greenport Harbor Jetty |
Monitored and photographed west side plantings. May plantings looked best, high density plot looked good but with some loss at offshore edge. May 2011 plantings within the May 2010 "muffin" area looked good as well. Shoots that remained from the muffin plantings looked good and showed expansion. |
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24Aug11 |
Peconic Bay (multiple sites) |
Scouting for new planting sites: Pine Neck and Paradise Pt. Pine Neck abandoned b/c of poor bottom. Deployed Light loggers at PP, good bottom type and water clarity. |
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31Aug11 |
Greenport Harbor Jetty |
Monitored plantings on the west side of the breakwater, post tropical storm Irene (Aug28). Plantings were hit hard by the storm: many shoots were torn near the meristem, and burlap discs were exposed. The plantings that survived the storm appeared healthy, as did the natural meadow to the south of the planting area. |
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22Sep11 |
Long Beach |
Shoot collection- 6000 shoots |
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26Sep11 |
Nickols Pt |
Planted 500 shoots (50 discs) in 3x3 grid. See photos. |
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26Sep11 |
Paradise Pt |
Planted 500 shoots (50 discs) in 3x3 grid, same as Nickol's Pt. See photos. Northern puffers were numerous and eating worms and things that were stirred up from the sediment. |
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27Sep11 |
Greenport Harbor Jetty |
Planted 200 discs/2000 shoots. |
n/a
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11Oct11 |
Peconic Bay (multiple sites) |
Monitored test plantings at Nickol's Pt. Crabs overwhelmed test plantings. Collected 2000 shoots from Long Beach. |
n/a |
12Oct11 |
Long Beach |
Shoot collection- 2500 shoots. |
n/a |
13Oct11 |
Paridise Pt |
Monitored test plantings. |
n/a |
24Oct11 |
Greenport Harbor Jetty |
Planted 280 discs/2800 shoots |
n/a |
25Oct11 |
Greenport Harbor Jetty |
Planted 400 discs/4000 shoots. Monitored older plantings including those from September which looked great. Photographed new and old plantings. |
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25Oct11 |
Nickols Pt |
Nickol's Pt plantings were still overwhelmed with crabs and most plants that remained were damaged (typical crab diagonal cut). |
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26Oct11 |
Paridise Pt |
Monitored test plantings. |
n/a |
4Nov11 |
Shinnecock Bay |
Collected ~3000 shoots. |
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10Nov11 |
Peconic Bay (multiple sites) |
Scouted for new rock planting sites in Greenport and Shelter Island (Dering Harbor). Monitored Nickols Pt plantings. |
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11Nov11 |
Greenport Harbor Jetty |
Monitored test plantings. |
n/a |
2Dec11 |
Shinnecock Bay |
Planted 300 discs/ 3000 shoots |
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9Dec11 |
Greenport Harbor Jetty (west) |
Monitored plantings on west side of jetty. Some areas were coated heavily with slipgut while some weren't. Overall, plantings looked excellent. |
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12Dec11 |
Peconic Bay (multiple sites) |
Monitored Paradise Pt and Nickol's PT test plantings. Nickol's Pt had no visible shoots left, although it was difficult to see under the slipgut. Photos are of the Nickol's Pt plantings, which looked great, although also heavily coated in slipgut. |
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5Jan12 |
Greenport Harbor Jetty (west) |
Monitored plantings. Minimal slipgut, shallow plots checked, deep not found. Plants looked great, some wasting disease on oldest, laterals present, limited plant loss. |
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6Jan12 |
Shelter Island Pier |
Planted new site outside of Dering Harbor, directly across from the Greenport Jetty. Test planting in grid format, at 5 ft depth. 12 discs planted. |
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9Jan12 |
Long Beach |
Shoot collection 550+ shoots |
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11Jan12 |
Multiple Sites |
SI pier plantings: added to partial grid planted on 1/6, plus one full grid planted 3 body lengths deeper. Greenport Jetty (east): planted grid (off of right edge of house lined up with radio tower). |
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