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This comes amid a worldwide decline in oyster populations due to overharvesting, erosion, natural disasters, and loss of habitat from housing development. This is just one of the many ways SCDNR ...
The oyster shells used are recycled through SCDNR’s South Carolina Oyster Recycling and Enhancement (SCORE) program. Hodges said those recycled shells can range from a couple of years old to ...
On June 21, 2025, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) staff, partners and volunteers will install 500 feet of oyster castles on the shorelines of Parris Island in the agency’s ...
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) will install 500 feet of oyster castles on the shoreline of Parris Island on June 21.
Every year, thousands of oyster shells are loaded onto a boat, hauled back off to the ocean, and replanted in creeks along the Lowcountry shore. It’s all part of SCDNR’s Shellfish Ground ...