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Researchers at the University of Georgia Marine Extension Service and their partners have developed a technique for restoring oysters reefs that where long ago destroyed by harvesting. What they developed is a substrate of old shells where young oysters can develop and grow. Oysters act as a natural barrier along miles of creeks in the estuary. Without that barrier, currents erode the banks more quickly. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)

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Researchers at the University of Georgia Marine Extension Service and their partners have developed a technique for restoring oysters reefs that where long ago destroyed by harvesting. What they developed is a substrate of old shells where young oysters can develop and grow. Oysters act as a natural barrier along miles of creeks in the estuary. Without that barrier, currents erode the banks more quickly. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)