As oyster roast season comes to a close, a local partnership is making sure nothing goes to waste ...
When Kyran Pittman gardens in her yard in the Marlyville-Fontainebleau neighborhood of Uptown New Orleans, she can’t dig for more than a few inches before hitting “old, gnarly, large” oyster shells ...
Oyster shells from local restaurants in the Town of North Hempstead will soon help fuel a growing marine restoration movement on Long Island as officials expand oyster gardening and shell recycling ...
The conveyor belt of volunteers stands in ankle-deep water, passing mesh bags full of emptied oyster shells. The regulars ...
Town of North Hempstead Councilmember Mariann Dalimonte, in partnership with Cornell Cooperative Extension of Nassau County, Residents Forward, and Girl Scout Nicole Maliagros, has built an oyster ...
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When only the strong shells survive: Archaeology's fresh approach to turn oyster shells into tools of conservation
We've feasted on them, built economies around them and in some places nearly erased them from our coasts. Today, 85% of the world's oyster reefs are gone. Many fisheries are collapsing, and those in ...
Seafood and coastal dining are a given in South Carolina’s Lowcountry. From blue crab, Lowcountry boils and she-crab soup, the options are almost endless. But one item on the menu serves more than ...
A small team is rescuing a “ridiculous amount” of shells from restaurant trash bins and using them to rebuild oyster habitat in Long Island Sound. Credit... Supported by By Kate Selig Photographs and ...
Nine million baby oysters were funneled off a boat with a splash into the Severn River recently, populating an oyster reef in an effort to help the Chesapeake Bay’s ecosystem. The Severn River ...
THE VILLAGE OF NORTH PALM BEACH IS CLEANING UP ITS WATERWAYS AND LEADING THE WAY. ARE THESE VOLUNTEERS. THE VILLAGE’S ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE HAS SPEARHEADED A UNIQUE INITIATIVE, AND IT INVOLVES ...
Oysters are more than a classic on menus in the D.C. area. They play a key role in filtering the Chesapeake Bay. Volunteers known as oyster gardeners help raise oysters for this purpose. News4 got an ...
As global oyster populations decline and fisheries collapse, archaeologists may be able to inform effective management with perspectives of human-oyster connections stretching back millennia. As ...
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