Name: Middle School: Living Shorelines
Start: 2026-06-30T09:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-06-30T12:00:00-04:00
Location: SCDNR Marine Resources Division

Work alongside SCDNR professional biologists and your peers, learning to use tools and techniques critical to field work.
About this Event

Restoration: Living Shorelines

Learn restoration techniques while understanding the far-reaching impact of healthy oyster populations on our coastal environments.

Attaching oyster shells to bamboo stakes to help create new reef structure in the marsh

Engage in salt marsh restoration by planting Spartina and learning how these habitats protect coastlines and support wildlife

Discover the importance of shellfish management while exploring the diverse organisms that live within oyster reef communities

Students leave with a deeper understanding of coastal restoration and the vital role living shorelines play in maintaining healthy ecosystems.

Middle School Event: Recommended for rising 7th and 8th graders

This suggestion is to ensure you'll be with peers at a similar level and engage with content that matches your academic experience.

Our summer Field Days are designed with age-appropriate activities and peer interactions in mind. We've created two distinct experiences:

Details for the event:

• What to bring: Dress is casual. Check the weather report and dress appropriately as you will be outside.

Other items to consider bringing include sunscreen, bug spray and reusable water bottle.

• Cost: The program is free of charge.

• Weather: Programs are held rain or shine unless hazardous weather occurs. An email will be sent out day of if event needs to be canceled and the rain date will be the next day.

• Parking: There is free parking on site beside and infront of the white Marshlands house. Staff will have signs out as well as be available for parking questions.

SCDNR Marine Resources Division Public Program Event Policy- Our free public programs are in high demand and there is limited capacity, do not reserve a ticket if you cannot commit to attending this event. If an attendee cancels their ticket without a valid excuse and/or is a no show, SCDNR has the right to refuse the attendee to participate in any SCDNR public program for a year. Thank you for understanding.