SCDNR’s SCORE program relies on natural resources, technicians like Bryan Luce and a host of volunteers to sort and clean oyster shells from local restaurants Credit: Ferris Kaplan We have to talk ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fishermen have taken oysters out of the Long Island Sound off Connecticut for generations. But Todd Koehnke and Tim Macklin have ...

JAMES ISLAND S.C (WCIV) — As oyster roast season comes to a close, a local partnership is making sure nothing goes to waste. At Fort Johnson, more than a ton of recycled oyster shells are getting a ...

Flagler County parks to receive free vertical oyster gardens for improved water quality and marine life habitat. Conservation ...

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — A new local effort is turning restaurant leftovers into a powerful tool for cleaner water. Oyster shells from The Breakersand Cod & Capers Seafood are getting a second life — ...

Louisiana's only large-scale oyster shell recycling program is expanding to Baton Rouge, helping to create more living shorelines instead of landfill pileup. Through the initiative run by the ...

FULTON, Texas — Fulton Oysterfest began on Thursday and runs through this Sunday. Last year's festival saw tens of thousands of oysters shucked. That is why the Harte Research Institute at Texas A&M ...

A restored oyster reef in a sanctuary in the James River, Maryland. Credit: SERC Fisheries Conservation Lab. In the campaign to restore Chesapeake Bay, oyster sanctuaries rank among the most hotly ...

Charleston oysterman Thomas Bierce holds up two oyster shells. The first has been washed, tumbled and grated while the other has been plucked naturally from the water in a cluster. “They respond to ...

WYE RIVER — A small but mighty group of citizens, friends and neighbors dedicated to the preservation of the Chesapeake Bay, Wye River Oyster Program volunteers raised donations to plant 21 million ...

Fishermen have taken oysters out of the Long Island Sound off Connecticut for generations. But Todd Koehnke and Tim Macklin have made it their mission to dump millions of old shells back in. Oyster ...

Oysters sanctuaries in Chesapeake Bay are working for more than just oysters. Compared to nearby harvest areas, sanctuaries contain more abundant populations of oysters and other animal life--and the ...