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Hannah Ruhoff

Mississippi Has Invested Millions of Dollars to Save Its Oysters. They’re Disappearing Anyway.

A string of disasters have decimated oyster populations, with far-reaching impacts on the health of the Mississippi Sound. The state’s yearslong efforts to restore the reefs have fallen short.

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