Many of us like to eat oysters, but how many of us know about their value beyond how delicious they are and how our shorelines can be the key to their success? Oysters are an essential part of keeping our Rappahannock River healthy. A single adult oyster filters on...
Hurricanes and other coastal storms are a fact of life in the coastal South. Over the past few years, nearby states like North Carolina and New Jersey took direct hits from major storms and incurred millions of dollars in flood damage. Luckily, in 2019, no hurricanes...
Shoreline projects in the tidal Rappahannock River watershed require quite a bit of coordination. On a recent living shoreline project along Hill’s Creek in Lancaster County, Friends of the Rappahannock and the Northern Neck Technical Center needed the sun, the moon,...