ters, which benefit the Hudson estuary by
filtering and cleansing water as they find
food. Oyster shells also provide homes
for hundreds of animals, including grass
shrimp, anemones and crabs.
The transplanted oysters will be
looked after by staff members at the
Beczak Environmental Education Center,
located on the Yonkers riverfront. Res-
toration program officials say that these
bivalves are not for eating, and that the
various partners in the project will raise
oysters for one year, in which time they
expect them to double in size. Next
June, the Beczak center will exchange
its grown oysters for new seedlings. The
mature oysters will be transplanted to a
reef site to be determined later.
Beczak Environmental Education Center
is a non-profit environmental education
facility located at 35 Alexander Street
on the banks of the Hudson in Yonkers.
The Center hosts numerous river-related
programs, including professional devel-
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