Native Olympia oysters. Photo courtesy of Chela Zabin. For much of the year, the oyster reef at Bayview’s Heron’s Head Park is hidden from sight below the waves, or under cover of darkness. But in the ...
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - With Charleston’s rapid development putting an increasing strain on area waterways, environmental groups are turning to oyster reefs as a natural solution to protect and ...
BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – For more than a decade, Restore Our Shores has been working to restore oyster reefs in the Indian River Lagoon, a vital estuary along Florida’s east coast. The organization’s ...
CHULA VISTA, Calif. — Coastal communities are using nature to clean the ocean and combat rising sea levels. Their secret weapon: oyster shells. "One of my personal statements is, I joke, I'm trying to ...
Oysters and mangroves are both essential to protecting and restoring Florida's coastlines that they call home, including defending them against storms. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest ...
Recycling oyster shells from restaurants not only provides reef habitat for new oysters and other fish, but it also benefits the marine economy and enables the mollusks to improve the environment by ...
When Texas officials opened the first application cycle in decades to permit private oyster leases in the Gulf’s public waters — a plan proponents hope will help restore the state’s depleted oyster ...
Oysters and mangroves are both essential to protecting and restoring Florida’s coastlines that they call home, including defending them against storms. As mangrove populations are increasing due to ...