Oysters have been growing there for more than two decades. But last year, the Key Bridge collapse blocked organizers from ...

Oyster reefs disperse wave energy to protect coasts ... 10 billion oysters to the bay by the end of the year. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation expects they will grow nearly 200,000 oysters this ...

Chesapeake Bay has added more than six billion oysters ... Oysters are also consequential in preserving coastlines. When oyster reefs form, they serve as natural buffers against coastal erosion ...

Kellie Fiala, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation Maryland’s oyster restoration coordinator ... which acts as a reef where babies are eventually planted. When the Key Bridge came down, Fiala ...

These oysters clump together in clusters and form oyster reefs, which act as “natural water filtration facilities.” Given their role in conserving the bay’s ecosystem, recently the Chesapeake Bay ...