Oyster shells are not garbage. That is the message from conservation groups, which say people have been recycling shells along U.S. coastlines for generations. Today's recycling efforts are highly ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Recycling oyster shells can impact much more than just the oysters, and this is why areas of the Lowcountry are working to bring awareness to this act of preserving a natural ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Oyster shells recycled through the SCORE program go directly back into sustaining local living ...

'Tis the season. Families and friends gather this time of year around Christmas trees and often get together around a blazing fire for oyster roasts. After Christmas, assuming that you have used a ...

For years, Maryland has participated in celebrating National Oyster Day on Aug. 5. Although many gastronomists still encourage oyster consumption in months that end in “R,” this rule has become more ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X SCDNR’s SCORE program relies on natural resources, technicians like Bryan Luce and a host of ...

NEW ORLEANS -- -- Oysters get shucked and swallowed by the ton in the French Quarter's busy restaurants, and at day's end trash bags dumped on the narrow streets bulge with oyster shells. The pace is ...

JAMES ISLAND, S.C. (WCSC) - A South Carolina agency and a Lowcountry nonprofit are teaming up Tuesday afternoon to reach their goal of restoring the marshes and cleaning the environment, but they need ...

Seafood and coastal dining are a given in South Carolina’s Lowcountry. From blue crab, Lowcountry boils and she-crab soup, the options are almost endless. But one item on the menu serves more than ...

February in the Lowcountry means slurping down oysters. In Mount Pleasant, some 8,000 people will flock to Boone Hall Plantation and Gardens to consume about 50,000 pounds of the filter-feeding ...

Fishermen have taken oysters out of the Long Island Sound off Connecticut for generations. But Todd Koehnke and Tim Macklin have made it their mission to dump millions of old shells back in. Oyster ...

Americans who live along coastlines are watching their land disappear and property threatened as climate change causes sea levels to rise. While homeowners often rely on expensive seawalls and ...