Tag: oysters
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Fort Lauderdale’s polluted waterways need help: Here come the oysters
Photo: Mike Lambrechts — The Broward chapter of the Coastal Conservation Association is providing homes for oysters to filter water in Fort Lauderdale’s sewage-contaminated waterways. As broken sewage pipes foul Fort Lauderdale’s waterways, a group of conservationists has begun deploying one of the world’s most formidable filtration systems. A single oyster can cleanse more than…
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A legal loss in Florida’s water war | Editorial
A special master appointed by the U.S. Supreme Court has said that Florida – not Georgia – is to blame for decimating the oyster industry in Apalachicola. (DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times) A hearing officer has dealt Florida the nearest thing to a fatal blow in its long-running water war with Georgia. In a report…
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A sewage spill polluted oyster beds in South Carolina town
Photo: John Forsyth (left) and Tim White with the Dorchester County Water & Sewer Department prepare to use a VacTruck to clean grease and other waste from Lift Station 117 in Hollywood on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. File/Brad Nettles/Staff Some residents worry about the fix. Negotiations are moving forward on a plan to help the…
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The Great Barrier Reef of the Americas: Coastal Lessons from the Past
This is part 1 of a two-part series concerning Richard Condrey and Natalie Peyronnin’s recent paper, “Using Louisiana’s coastal history to innovate its coastal future,” published in Shore & Beach, Fall 2017. See part 2 here. They were there, billions of oysters on the Great Barrier Reef of the Americas (GRBA), along the southern coast…
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Old accident in Mississippi Delta may save Louisiana coast
Cubit’s Gap subdelta — Rain collects on lily pads in the Delta National Wildlife Refuge on Tuesday, August 22, 2017. Scientist say “new” marsh is being created in the refuge by Cubit’s Gap, a cut in the Mississippi River levee, southeast of Venice. The cut is allowing river water and sediment to flow through the…
