Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20190119:15:49:00
Of oyster reef. >> they were part of the culture of new york, food culture of new york. they were sold on hot dog carts. what happened to that? >> we ate them. >> early new york boomed on an oyster economy. turns out, these oyster reefs had a more important role. >> oysters are ecosystem engineers, they filter and clean water. >> oyster reefs reduce impact of storms and things. you have a three-dimensional shoreline that's oyster reefs and shoreline. without those, it is vulnerable to storms. >> funded by a federal disaster relief fund, and landscape architecture firm, it is meant to guard the...
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