Flash flooding in New York City. Sinking coasts in Louisiana. To guard against the effects of climate change, these communities are turning to bivalves.
In regions where oysters have historically been a way of life, restoring these once extensive reefs can help buffer shorelines from floods.Please be respectful of copyright. Unauthorized use is prohibited.
Oyster restoration as a climate adaptation is taking seed globally, from China to Australia. In the U.S, New York and Louisiana are two places where oysters have been deeply woven into the culture and economy for centuries, but now these communities are looking to these vital creatures to help protect their vulnerable coastlines.
What makes Living Breakwaters and Billion Oyster Project so effective as a long-term nature-based climate adaptation is that the projects are also training the next stewards of our waterways. The landscape architect met the co-founders of Billion Oyster Project as board members of New York Harbor School in 2009. After Superstorm Sandy hit in 2012, both projects scaled up their operations and collaboration, shares Orff. More than a thousand miles south, another coast has turned to oysters for a helping hand.
With the help of volunteers and local communities, the coalition has built over 8,000 feet of living shoreline with 13 million pounds of oyster shells. This living shoreline not only reduces erosion by as much as 50 percent, but it also helps preserve disappearing cultural heritage sites. to select centuries-old earthen mounds built by the tribe’s ancestors. Oyster reefs can help protect these historic sites from rising seas and coastal erosion.
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