Wild Oyster Survey and Shoreline Cleanup: Lemon Creek

Join Billion Oyster Project and NYC H2O at Princess Bay for a wild oyster survey and shoreline cleanup along the Lemon Creek shoreline. Wild oyster surveys are an opportunity to explore your local waterfront and build collective knowledge about where oysters live in NYC. Our Lemon Creek Wild Oyster Survey will also feature time for a shoreline cleanup.

Learn to count and measure wild oysters along the coast to help understand current conditions as Billion Oyster Project investigates the potential to restore oyster reef habitat offshore. Participants, ages 12+, will learn about how oysters grow, and get up close and personal with the local oyster population while collecting and recording data to be used in future Restoration reports.

Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Time of Event: Wild Oyster Survey from 2PM to 4PM, with Shoreline Cleanup till 5:00PM
Location: The intersection of Johnston Terrace and Broken Shell Road, Staten Island

Before the event, please watch this video about Wild Oyster Surveys and how to do one, skim through this Protocol Handout explaining what you will do in the field, and send in your digital waiver.

ALL Participants are required to complete this digital waiver in order to participate in this Wild Oyster Survey event. Signed waivers can be submitted electronically via the link provided.

Please wear weather appropriate clothing (water-proof gear in rain, hat when it's sunny, etc.) and sturdy shoes that you don't mind getting wet or muddy. Closed toed shoes are required, we suggest rubber boots.

Sunscreen, bug spray, light snacks, and water bottles will be provided, but we encourage you to bring a personal water bottle and sunscreen, especially on sunnier days. Our team will provide all other field supplies including clipboards, data sheets, etc.

Accessibility information
This outdoor event will require walking, bending down, and squatting, on uneven, slippery, rocky, muddy, and sandy ground. Limited seating will be available nearby as needed, though participants should expect to be standing for 2 to 3 hours. There is no public bathrooms in the park. Parking is available on the street. Please reach out with specific questions about accessibility.

Inclement Weather
All outdoor events are subject to cancellation/rescheduling in the case of inclement weather (e.g. extreme heat, heavy rain, lightning etc). If there is light rain, the event will still take place. In the case that this training needs to be canceled or rescheduled, you will receive an email additional with more information.

This program is part of Billion Oyster Project's Fall 2025 Wild Oyster Survey Series-- look out for similar events throughout the Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island this September, and October.

Please reach out to [email protected] with any questions, or to be placed on the waitlist in the event RSVPs are full.