NFL Will Help Build ‘Living Reef’ From Oyster Shells to Fight Louisiana Coastal Erosion
By Josie Abugov
The Times Picayune
Dozens of high school students and other volunteers spent Friday morning stuffing recycled oyster shells into mesh bags — the first step in a plan to create a "living reef" to fight land loss along the coast in South Louisiana.
The anti-erosion effort is the largest in a series of environmental projects in Louisiana coordinated by the NFL before thousands of football fans flock to New Orleans in February for the Super Bowl.