Over 300 reef balls off the coast of Palmetto are making significant progress toward improving local water quality and recruiting oysters in the Manatee River, officials say.
The Palmetto Bay Oyster Restoration Project began in 2023 and, since then, the 23-acre restoration project is attracting a plethora of underwater organisms while contributing to Palmetto’s environmental stewardship, the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency and biologists say.
“The progress so far of this project is humungous,” Palmetto CRA Director Rowena Young said. “We literally have knocked this one out of the park.”…