Oysterponds Creek is a pristine tidal creek that winds through remote marshes in the town of Orient on Long Island’s North Fork. Separated from Orient Bay by grasses and dunes, this remarkable estuary empties over 95% of its contents twice a day, bringing food from the headwaters of the creek to the oysters. Then it is replenished by the nutrient-rich water rushing in at over four knots from Orient and Gardiner’s Bay. The area surrounding this creek, known as “Oysterponds” for centuries, is today much the same as it has always been. Since 2003, the Oysterponds Shellfish Company has continued to preserve the environment, the culture, and this centuries old way of life.