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Shoring Up Tangier Island with Oyster Reefs

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Tangier Island

Plans are being developed to create to two oyster reefs that would protect the shore line of Tangier Island. In our weekly series with the Bay Journal Delmarva Public Media's Don Rush talks with reporter Jeremy Cox about the prospects of the proposals and the efforts to keep the island from disappearing altogether.

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Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.