The Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana (CRCL) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to unite people in action to achieve a thriving, sustainable Louisiana coast for all. Through on-the-ground habitat restoration projects, advocacy and education, CRCL engages a broad spectrum of voices sharing in a vision and commitment to the sustainability of coastal Louisiana. CRCL operates two volunteer-based restoration programs: Oyster Shell Recycling Program, which offers a recycling service to New Orleans area restaurants and builds recycled oyster shell living shoreline restoration project, and the Native Plants Program, which grows native plants from seed and uses them to restore coastal habitats across the Louisiana coast. Oyster Shell Recycling Program Manager Darrah Bach will discuss the utility of oyster shells and native plants in constructing enduring, adaptive living shorelines that accrete orthogonally, provide habitat and protect critical ecosystems.
Presenter: Darrah Fox Bach, Oyster Shell Recycling Program Manager at the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana
