CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — South Carolina's Department of Natural Resources is calling for citizens to recycle used oyster shells and discarded Christmas trees through programs aimed at promoting ...
'Tis the season. Families and friends gather this time of year around Christmas trees and often get together around a blazing fire for oyster roasts. After Christmas, assuming that you have used a ...
When you go out for a seafood dinner and enjoy some fresh oysters, you probably expect those empty shells to end up in the dumpster. But restaurants across New York City are actually saving them for a ...
For years, Maryland has participated in celebrating National Oyster Day on Aug. 5. Although many gastronomists still encourage oyster consumption in months that end in “R,” this rule has become more ...
Every month, we receive questions and concerns from people in and around Charleston related to flooding, government regulations and sea-level rise. We read every single one. Now we will answer some of ...
For the past six years, the Pointe-au-Chien Indian Tribe has battled to stop its historic earthen Indian mounds from slipping into the sea, looking to the power of oyster shells to protect them. Now, ...
Volunteers for the Coalition for Coastal Louisiana stack bags of recycled oyster shells along the shoreline on September 20th, 2024. The reef will grow and and continue protecting the land from ...
EASTPOINT — Oyster shells can help rebuild a community in more ways than one. That's the hope with a pilot program in which a handful of restaurants in Franklin County are pitching in their 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 ...
One night in March, Jason Pitre left his Bayou Rosa Oyster Farm in Leeville with sacks of oysters bound for a fundraiser in New Orleans. He’d just pulled those oysters from the waters of Bayou ...
Oyster reefs aren’t random piles—they’re carefully shaped survival systems. Researchers discovered that certain geometric ...
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