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🌍 Planet WinsTampa Bay Volunteers Return 311K Pounds of Oyster Shells
More than 90 volunteers are hauling restaurant oyster shells back into Tampa Bay to rebuild vital reefs that protect coastlines and clean water. The shells would have ended up in landfills, but now they're creating new homes for baby oysters and restoring ecosystems that have declined by 90% since the 1940s.
🌍 Planet Wins25 Volunteers Build Oyster Reef Balls to Restore Tampa Bay's Waters
A dedicated group of 25 volunteers gathered in Tierra Verde, Florida, to create oyster reef balls that will help restore Tampa Bay's waterways and bring back oyster populations that have declined by up to 90%. These artificial reefs not only provide new homes for water-filtering oysters but are also helping restore hundreds of feet of eroded shoreline around the bay.