Wild Oyster Project

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Wild Oyster Project The Wild Oyster Project's mission is to rewild San Francisco Bay by restoring native Olympia oysters.

Our focus is restoration done entirely within the community by local volunteers. The Wild Oyster Project has 4 central programs:

1) Bring native oysters back to San Francisco Bay through restoration projects, education and stewardship.

2) Recycle oyster shells with the help of local partners.

3) Engage landscape architects and urban planners to include oyster restoration as an important tool to mitigate the effects of climate change.

4) Support sustainable, responsible oyster farms and fisheries.

Last week, we teamed up with Reddit for a big morning of heaving and ho-ing! 💪Reddit brought their buffest, and together...
10/05/2026

Last week, we teamed up with Reddit for a big morning of heaving and ho-ing! 💪

Reddit brought their buffest, and together we built the best bucket brigade in the Bay, moving 2,500 lbs (!!) of oyster shell from the top of our shipping container down to the ground to bag up for a future restoration project.

We put their most creative to work on bucket bedecking, and our quiver is looking quite exquisite. A phenomenal feat of teamwork, muscle, and bespoke buckets!

On behalf of the Olys, thank you Reddit for all your hard work! 🦪🤝

Did you know oyster shells make excellent nesting substrate for Snowy Plovers and Least Terns? 🐦When scattered across th...
09/26/2026

Did you know oyster shells make excellent nesting substrate for Snowy Plovers and Least Terns? 🐦

When scattered across the landscape, oyster shells help camouflage vulnerable eggs and provide important habitat for these shorebirds.

Join us and SF Bay Bird Observatory for a muddy morning of scattering shells to enhance habitat on a former salt pond at Eden Landing Ecological Reserve! 🌊🦪

Register via the link in our bio!

Our Sunday group of Work Day volunteers brought plenty of youthful energy and creativity! No shell shlepping to do this ...
09/16/2026

Our Sunday group of Work Day volunteers brought plenty of youthful energy and creativity! No shell shlepping to do this time, so volunteers bedecked buckets and lent limbs to REAP Climate Center’s latest labors in compost collection and worm wrangling. 🪱🌱

It was so much fun getting into all the neat niches REAP has to offer. We’re super grateful to hold a home here! 💙

THANK YOU East Bay Regional Parks for having us at the 8th annual Fish Festival! 🐟🦪 We had a fin-tastic time painting sh...
09/02/2026

THANK YOU East Bay Regional Parks for having us at the 8th annual Fish Festival! 🐟🦪 We had a fin-tastic time painting shucks with juvenile ostreophiles like Rylee, while of course bubbling about bivalves and gawking over shorebirds! What a fun family event alongside some favorites of our fishy friend orgs. Until next year!! 💙🌊

Saturday’s Volunteer Work Day was a huge success! 🌱💪 We weeded and leveled the land for our SF Drop Site, to prep it for...
08/27/2026

Saturday’s Volunteer Work Day was a huge success! 🌱💪 We weeded and leveled the land for our SF Drop Site, to prep it for the shell we receive from San Francisco restaurants. A major thank you to all of our amazing volunteers for their hugely helpful handiwork! We hope you’re all marking your calendars for our next work day at the REAP center in Alameda on Sunday, September 13th! Register on eventbrite using the link in our bio, we can’t wait to sea you there!🦪🌊

Saturday’s Volunteer Work Day was a huge success! 🌱💪 We weeded and leveled the land for our SF Drop Site, to prep it for...
08/27/2026

Saturday’s Volunteer Work Day was a huge success! 🌱💪 We weeded and leveled the land for our SF Drop Site, to prep it for the shell we receive from San Francisco restaurants. A major thank you to all of our amazing volunteers for their hugely helpful handiwork! We hope you’re all marking your calendars for our next work day at the REAP center in Alameda on Sunday, September 13th! Register on eventbrite using the link in our bio, we can’t wait to sea you there!🦪🌊

Join us at Lillie Coit's Fourth Annual Oyster Day: Sunday, August 23rd, noon - 1AM1707 Powell Street in San FranciscoNor...
08/20/2026

Join us at Lillie Coit's Fourth Annual Oyster Day:
Sunday, August 23rd, noon - 1AM
1707 Powell Street in San Francisco

North Beach brasserie Petit Lil's is closing the street in front of their restaurant to celebrate oysters in a big way. You'll enjoy several varieties of fresh Point Reyes oysters while sitting in the fresh air with a creative cocktail. With the purchase of 6 oysters you will receive 6 more for free.

Wild Oyster Project will be there to talk about oysters and gather every shell to be recycled. Each one goes toward restoring oyster reefs and shoreline habitat.

Come hang out in North Beach with the ostreophiles!

🪸 Species ID Challenge! 🦀Think you know your SF Bay biology? Time to put your ID skills to the test! 🌊We’ve gathered a c...
08/07/2026

🪸 Species ID Challenge! 🦀

Think you know your SF Bay biology? Time to put your ID skills to the test! 🌊

We’ve gathered a carousel of some cool critters from COSMOs of late, and your mission is simple: identify as many species as you can! 🔍

The first one should be a gimme... although it might throw you off since it’s the largest specimen of its kind we’ve found so far, measuring up at a whopping 54 cm! 👀

Drop your guesses in the comments and see how many you can get right. Bonus points if you know the scientific names! 🦪

We’ll reveal the answers soon, good luck! 

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224 Noe Street
San Francisco, CA
94114

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 10am - 5pm

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+14153787832

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