Wild Oyster Survey: Powell's Cove Park

Join Billion Oyster Project and Coastal Preservation Network at Powell's Cove Park for a wild oyster survey along the Powell Cove shoreline. Wild oyster surveys are an opportunity to explore your local waterfront and build collective knowledge about where oysters live in NYC.

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: Sunday, September 7, 2025
Time of Event: 4:30PM to 6:30PM
Location: Powell's Cove Park at the 7th Ave and 130th St entrance in College Point, Queens

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 and shaded tents will be available nearby as needed, though participants should expect to be standing for up to 2 hours. There are no bathrooms on site. 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.