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 ...

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 ...

As oyster roast season comes to a close, a local partnership is making sure nothing goes to waste ...

A Gulf Shores High School student counts the number of oysters in a cluster at the Little Lagoon Preservation Society’s oyster gardens in Gulf Shores, Alabama, on Feb. 9, 2024. These oysters are part ...

Oyster shells recycled through the SCORE program go directly back into sustaining local living shorelines Credit: Courtesy SCDNR The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) recycled ...

The conveyor belt of volunteers stands in ankle-deep water, passing mesh bags full of emptied oyster shells. The regulars ...

The Oyster House collects the empty shells to put back in the bay. Since 2016, they have recycled over 23 million oyster shells. “Oyster shells are valuable,” Director of Oyster House Marketing ...

OYSTER OPENING, BUT HOW MUCH DO WE KNOW ABOUT THEM CLOSING ALL THESE BITS OF INFORMATION ARE REALLY HELPFUL. EASTON WHITE IS AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW ...

GULF SHORES, Ala. (WALA) - The Alabama Coastal Foundation celebrated seven years of its oyster shell recycling program Thursday and they did it with a multi-million-dollar grant. “I’m glad to announce ...

Port Everglades gathered community volunteers to help improve the quality of South Florida’s waterways with the help of oyster shells. The oyster shells were previously shucked and used, donated from ...

Volunteers look at oysters shells and take note of how many baby oysters they can see. There are many ways to spend a Wednesday morning. But for the volunteers who showed up to the Jackson Estuarine ...