Thank you for being a key part of the Chesapeake Oyster Alliance! To help get the word out about this exciting initiative, we've put together some sample tweets and Facebook/Instagram posts below. For those that have social media accounts, we'd love your help spreading the news about the alliance. Whenever possible please use the hashtag #10BillionOysters—our social posts will have even greater impact when we're rallying around a single hashtag. We're also including some imagery and graphics that we encourage you to use in your posts. Please feel free to contact Tanner Council with any questions.
Hashtag
#10BillionOysters
Link
www.ChesapeakeOysterAlliance.org
Follow
- Follow us on Facebook and join our Facebook Group.
- Follow us on Instagram.
- Subscribe to our newsletter.
Share: Sample Posts
- The #Chesapeake Oyster Alliance's goal is to add #10BillionOysters to the #ChesBay by 2025. Find out why oysters are crucial to helping #SavetheBay: www.ChesapeakeOysterAlliance.org
- Restoration of the #ChesBay could be the most dramatic example of environmental recovery ever seen. With a goal of adding #10BillionOysters in the Bay, the Chesapeake Oyster Alliance will play a key role in restoring this national treasure. www.ChesapeakeOysterAlliance.org
- With more than 80 partner groups, [your organization's name here] has joined the Chesapeake Oyster Alliance to add #10BillionOysters in the #ChesBay. Find out more: www.ChesapeakeOysterAlliance.org
- Oysters could once filter a volume of water equal to the entire Bay in a week. But with their dwindled numbers, today it would take more than a year. To accelerate the return of a healthy Chesapeake oyster population, [your organization's name here] and more than 30 partner organizations launched the Chesapeake Oyster Alliance! We plan on adding #10BillionOysters to the Chesapeake Bay by 2025. Find out more: www.ChesapeakeOysterAlliance.org
Downloads
- Alliance Social Media Handles
- Chesapeake Oyster Alliance Logo
- Chesapeake Oyster Alliance Social
- Chesapeake Oyster Alliance Instagram
- Infographics
- Nitrogen Reduction
Nitrogen equal to 20,000 bags of fertilizer is removed annually in Harris Creek. That's 12 stacks of bags as tall as the Washington Monument.
- Seafood Harvest
80% increase in seafood harvest estimated in Harris Creek compared to pre-restoration levels.
- Erosion_Protection
$35,000 worth of erosion protection gained for every acre of oyster reef planted.
- Jobs Created
16 new jobs created for every $1 million spent on oyster restoration.
- Nitrogen Reduction
Nitrogen equal to 20,000 bags of fertilizer is removed annually in Harris Creek. That's 12 stacks of bags as tall as the Washington Monument. - Seafood Harvest
80% increase in seafood harvest estimated in Harris Creek compared to pre-restoration levels. - Erosion_Protection
$35,000 worth of erosion protection gained for every acre of oyster reef planted. - Jobs Created
16 new jobs created for every $1 million spent on oyster restoration.
