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# Can a Billion Oysters Save New York City?
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/its-okay-be-smart/episode/can-a-billion-oysters-save-new-york-city-v6zpqp/
- Published: 2024-04-02T23:16:44.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-20T09:54:36.000Z
- Description: After a century of industrial pollution and superstorms, New York's waterways needs help!
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Be Smart, Season 11, Episode 20, #ZZZ_Episode_70981ee3-978f-4d6b-ad2b-80af2ded2f0e, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_dc38a6e9-266e-43c1-b647-45e7445fad27, #v1.16

The Big Apple is really a seaside city built on an archipelago. In the wake of a century of industrial pollution and climate change-fueled superstorms like Hurricane Sandy, New York’s waterways need help. Learn how Billion Oyster Project is working to restore one of the world’s greatest lost ecosystems in order to clean up New York’s water and protect it from an uncertain climate future.