Coastal Conservation Association Maryland brought their Living Reef Action Campaign to the Michael E Busch Annapolis Library Friday where volunteers built reef balls from concrete. (Paul W.

CHULA VISTA, Calif. — Coastal communities are using nature to clean the ocean and combat rising sea levels. Their secret weapon: oyster shells. "One of my personal statements is, I joke, I'm trying to ...

Centuries ago, oyster reefs calmed wave action in the Chesapeake Bay and served as a natural protection for shorelines. Most of them are gone now. Down more than 95 percent from historic levels.

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Seventh-graders at Southampton Middle School in Bel Air are doing their part to help bring back ...

TILGHMAN ISLAND, Md. - Volunteers are dumping dozens of alien-like chunks of concrete into the Chesapeake Bay. These concrete chunks have a name - reef balls. They each weigh between 200 to 300 pounds ...

In Volusia County's coastal communities, where fishing is a big part of the lifestyle, the importance of healthy ecosystems cannot be understated. Several species of fish, crustaceans and other ...

PASS CHRISTIAN (WLOX) -- They look like some sort of alien pods from outer space. But the 4500 pound concrete cones lined up at Matthews Marine will become artificial offshore reefs. "These are reef ...

There was a cold wind blowing on the Magothy River Wednesday while workers from Maguire Marine splashed concrete ball after concrete ball into the chilly water. After each plunge with an excavator ...