Harris Creek (Maryland) is a

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on the eastern shore of Maryland. It is a location for oyster restoration. Harris Creek was named for William Harris, a 19th-century landowner.

Location

It flows from north to south into the

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, in

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, near

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Oyster restoration

The

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, and the Oyster Recovery Partnership,

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, the

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, and the

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planted oyster spat on 350 underwater acres. Planting began in 2012. Water quality is measured with a vertical profiler and water quality sondes moored at the bottom. In 2013, 112,500 tons of fossilized oyster shell were transported from

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, and 42,536 tons of the shell went into Harris Creek (the rest went to the

Little Choptank River The Little Choptank River is a tidal river in Dorchester County in the U.S. state of Maryland. The river rises at the confluence of Lee Creek and Gary Creek west of Cambridge. See also *List of Maryland rivers List of rivers of Maryland ( U. ...

References

External links

*http://chesapeakebay.noaa.gov/habitats-hot-topics/noaa-science-supports-harris-creek-oyster-project *http://www.stardem.com/image_e788a5c8-7c89-11e2-941e-0019bb2963f4.html {{authority control Tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay Rivers of Talbot County, Maryland Rivers of Maryland