Beyond Manhattan’s skyline, New York State stretches into wild country — forests thick with black bears, mountain ridges home to bald eagles, and freshwater lakes alive with fish and migrating birds. Along the coast, whales breach off Long Island while seals haul out on rocky shores. From autumn’s colorful, turning foliage to winter’s snowbound peaks, each season reshapes the landscape, offering year-round change when out in nature.
A New York-based nonprofit restoring oyster reefs to New York Harbor with the goal of adding one billion live oysters by 2035. Their restoration work improves water quality, provides critical marine habitat, and increases coastal resilience. The project actively involves public school students, volunteers, and restaurants in oyster shell recycling, reef building, and marine science education, turning the harbor into a living classroom and a thriving ecosystem.
An international skincare brand with a long-standing commitment to ocean conservation, La Mer funds marine habitat restoration projects around the globe. In New York, they partner with the Billion Oyster Project to support large-scale oyster reef restoration, combining brand influence with tangible ecosystem impact and community engagement.
In the city that never sleeps, an estuary revival is underway. At the edge of one of the busiest harbors in the world, home to nearly 9 million people, there’s an effort to restore 1 billion oysters, filtering the water and building habitat for fish, crabs, and the newly spotted seahorse — a far cry from what most New Yorkers imagine of their home. Whales and dolphins now surface in the harbor, proof that even here, nature is all around us.
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