On January 8, 2022, the Rookery Island Experiment was initiated on a barren lifeless mound of dirt that was created in the middle of a newly developed pond south of Hope Point. A group of 20 volunteers hauled out and erected 2 newly constructed, modified osprey nesting platforms for nesting birds. Additionally, a separate group of volunteers planted a small numbers of Buttonwood, March Elders, Slash Pine and Red Mangrove around the island in order to provide a food source for the birds that would come later.
