The Chesapeake Bay Foundation had volunteers from the Back Country Hunters and Anglers Armed Forces Initiative out to their ...

Before one of the designers of the Metro system bought the historical brick house a block from Alexandria’s waterfront, and ...

Reintroducing oyster shells could allow them to dissolve and release calcium and calcium carbonate, which could help mitigate ocean acidification.

The oyster shells used are recycled through SCDNR’s South Carolina Oyster Recycling and Enhancement (SCORE) program. Hodges said those recycled shells can range from a couple of years old to ...

100,000 Oyster Bake shells weren’t trashed after Fiesta. They’re being used for reef rehab in Texas gulf. These shells are collected and recycled through an oyster reef rehabilitation program ...

Oyster shells play a vital role in South Carolina’s Lowcountry environment and history. Here’s why the shells are important for shorelines and marine life.

South Carolina's coastal communities are investing millions of dollars in oyster-based living shorelines. But as demand for shells has climbed, so have costs.

French researchers are turning discarded oyster shells into eco-friendly concrete with significantly lower CO₂ emissions. Currently being tested along the French Atlantic coast, this material ...

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.

You can recycle your used oyster shells for a great cause thanks to the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary.

It's Chesapeake Oyster Week, so Allison Albert Guercio, with the Oyster Recovery Partnership, shares with 11 News what the shell-recycling program is and why it's important for the Chesapeake Bay.