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June 2025

A local scientist, Chela Zabin from the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, revisiting the oyster blocks at Giant Marsh. The ambitious five-year-old multi-habitat adaptation project near Richmond is experimenting with using oysters, eelgrass, and cordgrass placements to protect the shoreline. A recent low king tide exposed the blocks, where a multitude of oysters, barnacles, mussels, and other critters have encrusted the castle-like structures – just as planned. Photo by Sonya Bennett-Brandt