Pinellas County employees continue hardening shorelines against sea level rise and flooding

About a dozen Pinellas County employees stacked mesh bags of oyster shells along the sandy shore of Philippe Park in Safety Harbor on Monday.

The living shorelines initiative was one of many service projects across the county as part of its “in-service day.”

“It’s recycled oyster shell from local restaurants,” said Stacey Day, the environment program manager who led a team of about a dozen environmental management workers…

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