That’s a wrap from the VCR team! Every season, this work comes down to timing, teamwork, and persistence.
Thanks for joining us in the field, and for following along as we continue restoring these meadows, one seed at a time.
-VCR Team @bolusk.bsky.social
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On the VCR team, some of the most useful tools are simple. A garden rake can pull samples to the boat on cold days. Shoots are sorted by hand. The real expertise is knowing what to look for, and when. Timing and experience are everything. 🪣
-VCR Team @bolusk.bsky.social
Still with the VCR team! These bays had no eelgrass for nearly 70 years. Now, nearly 12,000 acres are back. Every season depends on moments like this, watching, waiting, and acting fast. It’s how we keep rebuilding habitat and give bay scallops a real shot at returning. -VCR Team @bolusk.bsky.social
🎙️ Today we’re handing over the mic to the Virginia Coast Reserve (VCR) team.
Go behind the scenes of the world’s most successful seagrass restoration and see how this work is creating a path for bay scallops to return to Virginia for the first time in nearly a century! @bolusk.bsky.social
Welcome Olivia Brand, our Science Communications and Social Media Summer Intern! 🎉
A recent UVM grad in Engineering Management and Public Communications, she’s passionate about innovation, sustainability, and creative storytelling, and loves exploring the outdoors.
Heads up! Our Virginia Coast Reserve team is taking over the TNC Science Bluesky account tomorrow!
From eelgrass restoration to bringing back vital habitats, see how decades of work, and perfect timing, are making waves. Stay tuned! 🌱🪸@bolusk.bsky.social
Hi VCR team here! We are coming to you from one of Virginia’s coastal bays where one of the largest eelgrass restorations on Earth is unfolding. Our job right now? Getting the timing just right, because a few days can make or break a year’s effort. Check out some field footage! @bolusk.bsky.social
Check out the latest edition of the TNC Science Insights newsletter for how cutting-edge science is driving real conservation impact, from sound-based forest monitoring to heat-resilient corals and the strong economic case for investing in nature: https://nature.ly/4oqpExV
You’re still here with the VCR team!
This is a moment we wait for all year. We’re pulling shoots, opening spathes, and scanning meadows for signs seeds are ready. Miss this window, too early or too late, and we lose the year. These calls shape what we can restore.
-VCR Team @bolusk.bsky.social
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In the Field with Maia Persche Photo Credit: Caleb Santiago Alvarado In Wisconsin’s Baraboo Hills, Maia Persche studies forests by listening to them. She combines sound recordings with field surveys t...
Every June, a small army of volunteers and @nature.org staff walk the San Pedro River for “wet/dry” surface 💧mapping. This year’s effort started out wet (⛈️🌈✨🛻🫣) and ended with a dry reach. (Haven’t pushed a 🛻 out of mud in a while😅) @science.nature.org #WaterResources
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From building oyster reefs to establishing the largest successful eelgrass restoration effort in the world, we're putting science to work in Virginia's coastal bays.
