They play a key role in filtering the Chesapeake Bay. Volunteers known as oyster gardeners help raise oysters for this purpose. Stream NBC4 newscasts for free right here, right now.

The Oyster Bay Forward Grant Program is thanks to federal funds secured by the town, according to a news release. Beginning Nov. 29, businesses and nonprofits can apply for $5,000 grants.

For the fifth year in a row, the oyster population in the Chesapeake Bay is doing well after decades of combating drought, disease, loss of habitat and overharvesting. The Maryland Department of ...

Shellfish growers in Willapa Bay in southwest Washington, the self-styled "Oyster Capital of the World," are alarmed by an invasion of potentially destructive nonnative European green crabs. Some ...

The Oyster Bay site was the only one that fit all the criteria. Now, the City is under contract to get to 30% design for the site grading but has only received concepts for comment.

In an Oyster Bay home, where one of George Washington’s spies lived, there is now an art exhibit titled “Unfinished Revolutions.” It’s on the second floor of Raynham Hall Museum.

By Sydney Kuhnel editors@antonnews.com The Town of Oyster Bay was recently awarded a $435,000 grant through the Green Innovation Grant Program. The grant is part of a larger program through New ...

It's Chesapeake Oyster Week, so Allison Albert Guercio, with the Oyster Recovery Partnership, shares with 11 News what the shell-recycling program is and why it's important for the Chesapeake Bay.

Maryland oyster growers and Chesapeake Bay advocates held an oyster roast in Annapolis to entice lawmakers to support bills to protect the mollusks. Skip to content. NOWCAST WBAL-TV 11 News at Noon.

Project in Tomales Bay aims to revive once-plentiful Olympia oyster 03:17. TOMALES BAY – An oyster that was once abundant in the Bay Area is being studied to see if farming more of it could help ...

The Olympia oyster, native to the Puget Sound area and named after Olympia, Washington, is as small as a silver dollar but big in flavor. They are described as slightly briny with a coppery finish.

Nina Whitney (right) and Ember Sims carry Olympia oyster spat across Padilla Bay on Wednesday in Bay View. Oliver Hamlin / Skagit Valley Herald; ... WA 98274 Phone: 360-424-3251 Email: ...