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The goal of the McDill Living Shoreline 

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project is to increase mission 

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resilience at McDill Air Force Base by 

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reducing erosion along our coast with a 

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partnership between McDill , the 

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Department of War , and Tampa Bay Watch 

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to combat severe erosion taking place 

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along the shores of McDill Air Force 

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Base from tides , winds , storms , and 

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ship wakes . What we're going to do 

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today is we're going to install oyster 

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shell bags and our oyster reef balls . 

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Those are concrete structures that 

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weigh approximately 150 to 200 pounds 

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each . They're about 18 inches high . 

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They're made of concrete . The primary 

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purpose of those is to serve as that 

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wave mitigation device . And so as that 

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wave action hits those reef balls , it 

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dissipates and does not erode our 

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shorelines . This partnership gives 

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base personnel an opportunity to 

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participate in community-based 

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volunteer efforts that go directly 

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towards the mission readiness of the 

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insulation by creating coastal 

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resilience . To date , the project has 

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created just under 2 miles of living 

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shoreline along the eastern and 

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southern shoreline . Living Shoreline 

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project consists of a combination of 

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11,000 oyster reef balls , 500 

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tons of fossilized and recycled shell , 

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and 15 acres of marshland . We 

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can continue the mission to improve our 

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waters and protect our shorelines by 

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bringing base personnel to our 

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volunteer projects , whether it's the 

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personnel that are stationed here , 

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civilian employees or their families . 

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They are always welcome to come out to 

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any of our projects that Tampa Bay 

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Watch is doing , whether they are on 

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base or throughout the greater Tampa 

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Bay area . Oh . Come on .