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Friday, July 24, 2026

The Gainesville Ledger

Environment

Oil spill funds fuel $1.9M effort to restore Gulf oyster reef near Florida

A community-led restoration project is working to revive a once-thriving wild oyster reef in one of the Gulf’s last remaining natural fisheries, backed by $1.9 million in oil spill recovery funding. Locals are driving the effort to bring back a habitat and way of life that has largely vanished within living memory.

Sources: WUFT News

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