Register for the upcoming PROS community of practice meetings (held on Zoom at 2 PM Eastern).
Upcoming dates:
October 21, 2025
Tarek Maassarani, Geopolymer International, GPI materials
Mark Clark, UF/IFAS, Oyster Reef Restoration using JR-CSA Reef Panels
January 20, 2026 - Speakers TBD
April 21, 2026 - Speakers TBD
Access the guidance manual for a step-by-step guide for the construction of reef prisms and reef panels.
The Reef Prism and Reef Panel Tutorial Series covers the process of building a standard reef prism (1-ft high by 4-ft long) and standard reef panel (4 x 4 ft).
We focus a lot on oyster restoration at UF and reducing plastic use in oyster restoration has us excited. This project is called the Partnership for Plastic-free Restoration of Oyster Shorelines, or PROS for short. This network of practitioners, educators, and local government partners is working toward implementing living shoreline projects using a newly developed plastic-free material called reef prisms. Read more about the origin of PROS on our blog...
Learn how to build and use reef prisms and other plastic-free materials in your own living shorelines work! Send us a request to join the PROS Team on Microsoft Teams to connect with the quickly growing community of practice!
This project was funded in part, through a grant agreement from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Florida Coastal Management Program, by a grant provided by the Office for Coastal Management under the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Award No. NA20NOS4190109. The views, statements, findings, conclusions and recommendations expressed herein are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the State of Florida, NOAA or any of their subagencies.