The Environment in Focus with Tom Pelton


In an effort to revive depleted Chesapeake Bay oysters, federal and state agencies are working together to plant about 400,000 juvenile oysters in a new 4,500-acre sanctuary. Stephanie Westby, a biologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, shows oysters growing in Harris Creek, a tributary to the Choptank River on Maryland's Eastern Shore.


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