Take a walk or drive to the north end of Lassing Park and you will see that preparations are underway for the initial staging by Tampa Bay Watch and the City of St. Petersburg for Phase 1 of the Lassing Park Living Shoreline Restoration Project. The unusual objects pictured here and stacked at the north end of the park are oyster balls, which will be installed December 15th and 16th, 2021 beginning at 9:00 a.m.

Volunteer Opportunities

There are volunteer opportunities to help with this project. OSNA has secured a limited number of reserved volunteer slots with 3 available on the 15th and 7 available on the 16th. Please contact Bill Dahl at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you are interested. Once those OSNA reserved slots are filled they may be more available through contact Rachel Arndt at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Additional project phases will occur in Spring and Summer of 2022, when oyster beds are placed and finally protective shoreline grasses will be planted in the final phase. All these events will include volunteer opportunities, so watch this website and OSNE Facebook for updates!

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