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Easton Elementary Students Work to Enhance Oyster Habitat in the Chesapeake Bay

May 31, 2025 by Phillips Wharf Environmental Center (PWEC)

Just before school lets out for the summer, Mrs. Kelsey Cook’s 4th grade science students at Easton Elementary will be getting their hands dirty in the name of oyster restoration. Together, with the Phillips Wharf Environmental Center and the Coastal Conservation Association (CCA) Maryland, students will build oyster reef balls as part of the Living Reef Action Campaign. 

This experience is the final piece of a year-long Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience (MWEE) being provided by the Phillips Wharf Environmental Center. This project is funded by a Bay Watershed Education and Training grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of Education. As part of the program, students learn about how important oysters are to the health of the Chesapeake Bay and discuss some of the issues that oysters face, such as disease and population declines due to overfishing in the 1800’s. Students take a field trip to the new Phillips Wharf location inside Easton Point Park and learn about oyster anatomy, food webs, watersheds, and water quality, along with the opportunity to think about how our daily choices can impact the Bay and oysters. The program ends with students choosing an action project to support healthy oyster populations. 

“At the 4th grade level, we see a lot of action projects that are education based, such as stickers, videos, or t-shirts to help spread awareness about oysters and how important they are,” says Dr. Kristen Lycett, the Executive Director of the Phillips Wharf Environmental Center. “When Mrs. 

Cook’s students chose to do an oyster reef ball building project, we were really excited but we had to figure out how to make it happen.” This is where the CCA Maryland was brought in to help. In 2015, they developed the Living Reef Action Campaign (LRAC) to support hands-on student learning in environmental education. The program utilizes two mobile reef ball building 

trailers that provide students with hands-on building experiences at their school. “Finding outside help was so important for making this project a reality,” says Dr. Lycett. “From purchasing supplies, to running the building session, to having the permits and connections to get these reef balls actually out in the water, the team at CCA Maryland are providing the expertise needed to bring this project to life.” 

Oyster reef balls are man made structures, often made of concrete, that provide habitat for oysters and other marine life. They can be used to help build new oyster reefs and restore or

expand existing reefs. Here in Maryland, reef balls have been deployed all over the Chesapeake Bay, from the Magothy River, to the waters off Tilghman Island, to the St. Mary’s River, to Herring Run Bay. 

The LRAC program has become so popular that fundraising is currently underway for a third trailer that will focus on providing these hands-on experiences to students on the Eastern Shore. As it stands, the two existing trailers are constantly on the move to meet the demand for reef ball building programs, traveling from the Western Shore to the Eastern Shore and back in the same week. “The eastern shore is no stranger to participating in LRAC and building reefs,” says Jim Talbott, the president of Gillespie Precast and the Coastal Conservation Association leader who kicked off the efforts to fund a new trailer. “As an angler and someone who has spent a career in concrete, I’m proud to see those two worlds collide through this program. The new trailer and equipment will provide for decades of connecting our local communities to enhancing habitat and learning important skills. That is a win-win.”  

Enhancing oyster habitat is exactly why Mrs. Cook and her students chose to do a reef ball build. “My 4th grade students and I are grateful for this opportunity to experience a hands-on project that will directly contribute to the protection and habitat enhancement of oysters right here in our backyard,” says Mrs. Cook. “It has been exciting to work alongside Phillips Wharf and the Coastal Conservation Association Maryland this year to educate our students about the benefits of oyster reef balls in the Chesapeake Bay. After our first education session with Phillips Wharf, my students were eager to have our MWEE action project be something that would benefit our local ecosystem in a powerful way. After research, we found that oyster reef balls were the perfect, long-term solution for us to positively support our oyster restoration goals. I am beyond proud of my students and am so thankful for every helping hand in this journey to make this project happen!” In order to cover the costs associated with the reef ball building session, Phillips Wharf applied for and received a Youth Environmental Education grant from the Chesapeake Bay Trust. These funds are provided by sales of the “Protect the Chesapeake & Coastal Bays” license plates, so if you have one of these specialty plates, you’re on that list of helping hands.

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Easton Village Charitable Fund Grant supports Environmental Center

December 2, 2024 by Phillips Wharf Environmental Center (PWEC)

The Phillips Wharf Environmental Center, a nonprofit that provides hands-on environmental education through its traveling marine science program, is this year’s recipient of a $6,000 grant from the Easton Village Charitable Fund.

The center, located right across the river in Easton Point Park, engages children and adults about the importance of environmental sustainability through its “Fishmobile,” an aquarium on wheels equipped with hands-on activities, educational displays, and 13 tanks featuring live animals native to the Chesapeake Bay.

The bright blue-and-green “Fishmobile” bus is a regular visitor to schools, community centers and area events from spring through late fall. In 2024, there were 23 Fishmobile programs across 32 days, including several multi-day festivals and fairs such as the Waterfowl Festival, the Talbot County Fair, and the Wicomico County Fair. Each year the bus serves approximately 10,000 guests, giving them an up close view of live Chesapeake Bay animals and their habitats.

Since moving to Easton in 2022, the Phillips Wharf Environmental Center has hoped to bring back its adult education program, in addition to offering school field trips and the Fishmobile. “Thanks to funding from the Easton Village Charitable Fund, we’ll be able to bring a new sustainability workshop series to life,” says Dr. Kristen Lycett, Executive Director of Phillips Wharf. “Adult education is something that we’ve always planned to bring back into our offerings after our COVID related shut down but we’ve been limited in what we can do because our organization is much smaller these days. This funding will provide us with the resources to develop brand new material on relevant topics, make these new workshops hands-on and engaging, all with the goal of helping people make informed decisions that support a healthy Chesapeake Bay. We’re currently planning for topics to include sustainable seafood, native and invasive species, pollinator gardens, and Chesapeake Bay oysters.”

The Easton Village Charitable Fund was founded in 2006 by the developer of the Easton Village community, Elm Street Development, as a way to give back to Talbot County. It was seeded through a small closing cost fee on first-time home sales in the community.

In 2021, the developer passed the responsibility for distributing grants from the fund to the Easton Village HOA Board of Directors, which established the Charitable Fund Committee to administer the program. The fund is managed by the Mid-Shore Community Foundation.

Each year the Charitable Fund Committee selects an area of importance in Talbot County that it believes is deserving of funding. A request for proposals is sent to all pertinent Talbot County nonprofits through the Mid-Shore Foundation. Easton Village residents serve as grant readers and decide which program to fund.

Past recipients of the grant have included the Talbot Interfaith Shelter to support mental health among the homeless; Building African American Minds (BAAM) to address the needs of vulnerable young people; and the St. Michael’s Community Center to help reduce the number of Talbot County residents who routinely don’t get enough to eat.

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PWEC’s Phillips Cox Named Executive Director, Emerita

September 19, 2020 by Phillips Wharf Environmental Center (PWEC)

The Phillips Wharf Environmental Center’s Board of Directors has recently accepted the resignation of Kelley Phillips Cox, with Cox citing medical reasons for the move. The Board has named Cox Executive Director Emerita to honor her role as the nonprofit’s founder and first director.

Cox continues to volunteer for the nonprofit that carries her family name, helping with grant writing and administration, among other operational support.

“I’m very much still involved,” said Cox. “Right now, I need to make my health my priority, especially during the COVID pandemic. All the work Phillips Wharf does is still at my heart, and I am continuing to work with our community partners and assist with grants—all which will help to expand their aquaculture and education programs.”

“We are extremely grateful for Kelley’s leadership and service to the nonprofit that will always carry her family’s name,” said Phillips Wharf Board President Matt Albers. “Because of Kelley, we can continue to grow in the services provided as we educate more children and adults about Chesapeake Bay aquaculture and more.”

Kelley Phillips Cox

Albers says the Board is now overseeing PWEC’s limited operations due to the COVID pandemic, and plans to begin a new executive director search by spring 2021.

Cox is a Tilghman Island native who founded Phillips Wharf Environmental Center in 2005 on property that once served as a seafood packinghouse as part of Cox’s family lineage. Cox’s family includes multi-generations of Chesapeake Bay watermen, with Cox receiving her marine biology degree from Salisbury University in pursuit of her passion for science. Her research and expertise are focused on estuarine aquaculture and the Chesapeake Bay’s ecosystem, with experience as a project WET certified instructor.

Cox continues to be actively involved with numerous regional organizations, including the Maryland Association of Outdoor and Environmental Educators, Mid-Atlantic Marine Educators Association, National Marine Educators Association, National Science Teachers Association, and the Maryland Oyster Advisory Commission. She is the recipient of MAEOE’s 2014 Robert Finton Maryland Environmental Educator of the Year Award and its 2018 Heritage Heroes Award. Talbot County’s Office of Economic Development and Tourism recognized Cox with its2019 Community Impact Award.

Phillips Wharf’s mission is to encourage, educate, and engage Chesapeake Bay stewards of all ages through interactive experiences highlighting the Bay’s ecosystem and its inhabitants, with more at phillipswharf.org.

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Learn to Grow Your Own Oysters This March 21

March 9, 2020 by Phillips Wharf Environmental Center (PWEC)

Phillips Wharf Environmental Center on Tilghman Island, Md. is offering a course on growing oysters from your own dock on Sat., Mar. 21 from 10 to 3 p.m., with oyster farmer Lawrence Rudner of St. Michaels, Md. leading the course. The event includes a shuck-your-own lunch of a dozen oysters, with participation limited, and advance registration needed.

Phillips Wharf Environmental Center on Tilghman Island, Md. is offering a course on growing oysters from your own dock on Sat., Mar. 21 from 10 to 3 p.m., with oyster farmer Lawrence Rudner of St. Michaels, Md. Participants will learn about all the steps of oyster growing and harvesting off your private dock, while taking advantage of a Maryland tax credit for growing your own oysters. Participation is limited, with advanced registration needed.

“You can grow healthy, delicious oysters for your own use off your dock with minimal effort, all while helping to clean the Chesapeake Bay,” said PWEC Executive Director Kelley Cox. “The state of Maryland is offering a tax credit of up to $500 per person for the purchase of new floating oyster cages. This course will help folks to use that credit, while teaching the practical aspects of oyster gardening.”

The oyster gardening workshop will cover information on oyster history, biology, and regulations; gardening and equipment options and sources; seed types; processing and harvesting techniques; ways to safely shuck an oyster; and more.

PWEC’s oyster gardening workshop takes place on Sat., Mar. 21, and will cover information on seed types, like these shown here, along with oyster history, biology, and regulations; gardening and equipment options and sources; processing and harvesting techniques; ways to safely shuck an oyster; and more.

Lawrence Rudner has been growing oysters dockside for more than 10 years, and has recently applied for two aquaculture leases to raise and commercially sell oysters under the Oyster Girl Oysters brand.

The cost of the workshop is $99 and includes lunch. To reserve, please send a check made out to ‘PWEC,’ along with your phone number, email address, and postal address to: PWEC Oyster Gardening Class, 6129 Tilghman Island Rd, Tilghman, MD 21671.

PWEC’s Mar. 21 oyster gardening workshop includes a shuck-your-own lunch of a dozen oysters, in addition to detailed instruction on how to grow oysters from your private dock. The program takes place in PWEC’s classroom from 10 to 3 p.m. with participation limited, and advance registration needed.

Phillips Wharf Environmental Center’s mission is to encourage, educate, and engage Chesapeake Bay stewards of all ages through interactive experiences highlighting the Bay’s ecosystem and its inhabitants.

For more information, visit phillipswharf.org.

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March 22 Oyster Growing Workshop at Phillips Wharf

February 25, 2020 by Phillips Wharf Environmental Center (PWEC)

Phillips Wharf Environmental Center on Tilghman Island, Md. is offering its second course on growing oysters from your own dock on Sun., March 22 from 10 to 3 p.m. Oyster farmer Lawrence Rudner of St. Michaels, Md. will lead the workshop, which includes a shuck-your-own lunch of a dozen oysters. Participation limited, with advance registration required.

“We’re offering this workshop again, after our March 21 session filled quickly,” said PWEC Executive Director Kelley Cox. “This workshop will help you learn to grow oysters for your own use, off your dock, and with minimal effort, all while helping to clean the Chesapeake Bay. Plus, Maryland is offering a tax credit of up to $500 per person for the purchase of new floating oyster cages. This course will help folks use that credit, while teaching the practical aspects of oyster gardening.”

The oyster gardening workshop will cover information on oyster history, biology, and regulations; gardening and equipment options and sources; seed types; processing and harvesting techniques; ways to safely shuck an oyster; and more.

Lawrence Rudner has been growing oysters dockside for more than 10 years, and has recently applied for two aquaculture leases to raise and commercially sell oysters under the Oyster Girl Oysters brand.

All participants must pre-register, with the cost of the workshop at $99, which includes lunch. To reserve, please send a check made out to ‘PWEC,’ along with your phone number, email address, and postal address to: PWEC Oyster Gardening Class, 6129 Tilghman Island Rd, Tilghman, MD 21671.

Phillips Wharf Environmental Center’s mission is to encourage, educate, and engage Chesapeake Bay stewards of all ages through interactive experiences highlighting the Bay’s ecosystem and its inhabitants. For more information, visit phillipswharf.org.

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Blue Crabs and the Bay at Phillips Wharf Feb. 22

February 21, 2020 by Phillips Wharf Environmental Center (PWEC)

Blue crabs and the Bay will be the topic for the Sat., Feb. 22 Sip & Socialize speaker event at Phillips Wharf Environmental Center on Tilghman Island. Phillips Wharf’s newest staff member and marine estuarine scientist Dr. Kristen Lycett will lead the discussion on the reasons for the blue crab’s population fluctuations over the years, along with the crab’s life cycle and the impact of disease.

The event starts at 5 p.m. in Phillips Wharf classroom, beginning with wine, refreshments, and light snacks served before the presentation. Following the speaker presentation will be time for discussion.

“The blue crab, Callinectessapidus, is an important crustacean species along the Atlantic coasts of North and South America. In the Chesapeake, it serves as prey for a variety of other species and serves as an important fishery,” said Lycett. “In fact, the U.S. blue crab fishery brought in $197 million in 2017, $48 million of which came from the state of Maryland. However, blue crab populations along the eastern coast of the United States have seen major fluctuations and even declines in recent years.”

Lycett received her Ph.D. from the Marine Estuarine Environmental Science program at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, where she studied the parasite Hematodiniumperezi, which infects blue crabs and other crustaceans.

Bring your curiosity and questions to the Sip & Socialize, as Dr. Lycett has a wealth of knowledge to share.Phillips Wharf Environmental Center’s Sip & Socialize Winter Speaker Series is free, with donations gratefully accepted.

Phillips Wharf Environmental Center’s Sip & Socialize Winter Speaker Series features volunteers, experts, and Chesapeake Bay industry professionals on topics pertinent to the Chesapeake Bay, wildlife and environmental changes, with more in the series posted at phillipswharf.org.

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Learn about Chessie at Phillips Wharf Feb. 15

February 11, 2020 by Phillips Wharf Environmental Center (PWEC)

Phillips Wharf Environmental Center on Tilghman Island, Md. is inviting the public to its Sat., Feb. 15 Sip & Socialize Speaker Series for a talk on the Chesapeake Bay’s Chessie, and the story of the legendary serpent’s rise and fall, and the many ways in which the creature’s career intersected with life on the shores of the nation’s largest estuary.

The event starts at 5 p.m. in Phillips Wharf classroom, beginning with wine, refreshments, and light snacks served before the presentation. Following the speaker presentation will be time for discussion.

Sip & Socialize speaker Eric A. Cheezum, PhD will share the story of the legendary sea monster that surfaced in 1978 out of the Potomac River’s waters. Cheezum is a Preston, Md. native, where he operates a family farm and researches, writes, and teaches history. He received his PhD in U.S. History from the University of South Carolina in 2007.

Chesapeake Bay serpent Chessie.

“Initially reported in rural Virginia, the serpent was propelled to stardom by newspapers looking for stories to offset the August news doldrums,” says Cheezum. “By 1980, the creature—now dubbed “Chessie”—had migrated into the Chesapeake Bay’s northern section. Reputed to be friendly and non-threatening, the estuarine serpent quickly became a major pop culture sensation in Maryland.”

Cheezum says in 1982, a couple filmed what they thought was the monster, beginning a serious scientific debate over the existence of what zoologists and video analysts termed the “Chesapeake Bay Phenomenon.”

“Three years later and now at the zenith of its celebrity, Chessie was nearly protected under state environmental law, and for the second half of the decade its image was appropriated for use in environmental advocacy,” continued Cheezum. “Then, after fifteen years of fame, sightings stopped coming in.”

Bring your curiosity and questions to the Sip & Socialize, as Eric has a wealth of knowledge to share.Phillips Wharf Environmental Center’s Sip & Socialize Winter Speaker Series is free, with donations gratefully accepted.

Phillips Wharf Environmental Center’s Sip & Socialize Winter Speaker Series features volunteers, experts, and Chesapeake Bay industry professionals on topics pertinent to the Chesapeake Bay, wildlife and environmental changes, with more in the series posted at phillipswharf.org.

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Mallows Bay Ghost Fleet Explored at Phillips Wharf Feb. 8

February 4, 2020 by Phillips Wharf Environmental Center (PWEC)

Phillips Wharf Environmental Center on Tilghman Island, Md. is inviting the public to its Sat., Feb. 8 Sip & Socialize Speaker Series for a talk on Mallows Bay, Beyond the Ghost Fleet.

Each Sip & Socialize speaker event begins at 5 p.m. in Phillips Wharf classroom, with wine, refreshments, and light snacks served. Following the speaker presentation will be time for discussion.

Mallows Bay—known as a ship graveyard—is located along the Potomac River in Charles County, Md. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recently designated an 18-square mile stretch of the area as the Potomac River National Marine Sanctuary.

Mallows Bay is most renowned for its “Ghost Fleet,” the partially submerged remains of more than 100 wooden steamships that were built in response to threats from World War I-era German U-boats that were sinking ships in the Atlantic.

Photo Attribution: F Delventhal from Outside Washington, D.C.

Susan B. M. Langley, PhD will present the history of the largest fleet of wooden shipwrecks in the world. Langley will also speak on Mallow Bay’s most prominent vessels and its recent designation as a National Marine Sanctuary. The history of Maryland’s other maritime heritage resources, and the integral role the fleet now plays in the environment will also be explored.

Dr. Langley has been the Maryland State Underwater Archaeologist for more than 25 years directing the Maryland Maritime Archaeology Program within the Department of Planning’s Maryland Historical Trust. She is an adjunct professor at several colleges and universities, where she teaches underwater archaeology and the anthropology of piracy.

Phillips Wharf Environmental Center’s Sip & Socialize Winter Speaker Series is free, with donations gratefully accepted.

Phillips Wharf Environmental Center’s Sip & Socialize Winter Speaker Series features volunteers, experts, and Chesapeake Bay industry professionals on topics pertinent to the Chesapeake Bay, wildlife and environmental changes, with more in the series posted at phillipswharf.org.

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Filed Under: Eco Notes Tagged With: Ecosystem, local news, Phillips Wharf Environmental Center, The Talbot Spy

Falconry & Red-Tailed Hawks at Phillips Wharf Feb. 1

January 17, 2020 by Phillips Wharf Environmental Center (PWEC)

Eastern Shore Experience Owner and falconer Eric Werner kicks off Phillips Wharf’s Sip & Socialize Winter Speaker Series on Sat., Feb. 1, at Phillips Wharf’s classroom on Tilghman Island, Md. The speaker sessions are free, with donations gratefully accepted.

Werner will share details of the 4,500-year-old sport of falconry with a red-tailed hawk. As a falconer for more than 20 years, Eric is one of 3,400 licensed falconer’s in the United States.

“Falcons are brilliant birds and have been trained for thousands of years to work with hunters in the field,” said Werner. “Now, you have an opportunity to get up-close and personal with one of the Eastern Shore’s top predators, a Red-tailed Hawk.”

Falconer Eric Werner kicks off Phillips Wharf’s Sip & Socialize Winter Speaker Series.

Each Sip & Socialize speaker event begins at 5 p.m. in Phillips Wharf classroom, with wine, refreshments, and light snacks served. Following the speaker presentation will be time for discussion.

Phillips Wharf Environmental Center’s Sip & Socialize Winter Speaker Series features topics focused on the Chesapeake Bay, its wildlife and environmental changes.Future Speaker Series events will be posted at phillipswharf.org.

Based on Tilghman Island, Eastern Shore Experience provides wildlife and adventure educational experiences, and relies on Werner’s experiences as a local hunting and fishing guide, federally licensed falconer, and wildlife rescuer. More is at easternshoreexperience.com.

Phillips Wharf Environmental Center’s programs and services support the nonprofit’s mission to encourage, educate, and engage Chesapeake Bay stewards of all ages through interactive experiences showcasing the Bay’s ecosystem and its inhabitants.

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Phillips Wharf Announces 2020 Fishmobile Program

December 11, 2019 by Phillips Wharf Environmental Center (PWEC)

This spring, Phillips Wharf Environmental Center is bringing the Chesapeake Bay to area schools, summer camps, and private events, with its Fishmobile. The non-profit is now accepting 2020 reservations for the traveling aquarium, with dates beginning Apr. 13 and continuing through Nov. 1.

“Our traveling aquarium provides students with hands-on learning experiences that help us better understand the Chesapeake Bay’s creatures and science,” explained Phillips Wharf Estuarium Manager Sarah Moffat. “Imagine comparing your arm span to an osprey’s wingspan, or seeing the differences between a turtle and a terrapin, or touching a horseshoe crab for the first time.”

Phillips WharfThe Fishmobile is equipped with 13 estuarine tanks, two touch tanks, and interactive displays and exhibits focused on the Chesapeake Bay and its inhabitants.

“It’s an unforgettable experience,” continued Moffat. “It’s great to see children’s faces light up as they explore our oyster reef tank with blennies, gobies, toadfish, grass shrimp, and more.”

Other animals include the Chesapeake’s diamondback terrapin, horseshoe crab, northern pufferfish, lined seahorse, American eel, flounder, snapping turtle, blue crab, spider crab, and more.

Phillips Wharf also offers customized, age-appropriate educational programs in school classrooms, with K – 5th grade students learning about critters of the Chesapeake Bay, and 6th – 12th grade students learning the science behind oyster restoration, aquaculture, and nurseries by utilizing a simulated oyster set.

Horseshoe

horseshoe crab

The Fishmobile’s operations are made possible through the generous sponsor support of its sponsors, including Perdue, Choptank Electric Cooperative, Christmas in St. Michaels, and the Mid-Shore Community Foundation.

For pricing and more information about Phillips Wharf’s Fishmobile and classroom programs, go to bit.ly/fishmobile, or contact Missy Cannon Helgason at [email protected] or at 410-886-9200.

Phillips Wharf Environmental Center’s mission is to encourage, educate, and engage Chesapeake Bay stewards of all ages through interactive experiences showcasing the Bay’s ecosystem and its inhabitants. For more information, visit phillipswharf.org.

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