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A $10 million investment from NOAA will create more than 70 acres of oyster reef habitat at the Hooper Strait Oyster Sanctuary in the Chesapeake Bay, NOAA said in a feature published October 19. NOAA's Office of Habitat Conservation awarded the funds in 2024 to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

Work is underway. Murtech, a veteran-owned Maryland marine contractor, is placing about 1,669 tons of stone per acre...

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