EVENTS
Eelgrass Restoration/Burlap Tortilla Workshop
October 19 @ 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Please note, this event is for registered for Nature Initiative members only. To learn more about our youth program, click here.
We will be hosting a workshop with Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Marine Program in which we will be making burlap discs. These burlap discs serve as anchor points for eelgrass which the CCE team is working to restore to surrounding wetlands. Eelgrass is essential to a healthy ecosystem by providing nursery habitat for juvenile fish, providing habitat for seahorses, stabilizing sediment, combating erosion and strengthening coastal dunes. Join us to make burlap “tortillas” which will be used later on in the year for marsh planting.
Example of how the burlap discs are used for marsh restoration
Nature Initiative volunteers making burlap tortillas, 2023
WHAT TO BRING/FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS:
- Sunscreen/sunglasses
- Hat/bugspray
- Water bottle