By The Associated Press WAYNE PARRY (Associated Press)
Quick Read Volunteers helping baby oysters prepare for new life as science experiments in Raritan Bay
Photo credit: AP | Mike Adams of Highland Park NJ measures young oysters Sept. 25, 2011 in Highlands N.J. as part of a project to reestablish oyster colonies in Raritan Bay. Researchers hope the oysters can help improve water quality by filtering out pollutants. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
(AP) -- Slowly but surely, thousands of baby oysters are getting bigger, their little shells expanding and getting tougher.
And the day is fast approaching for them to begin their new lives as an ambitious science experiment that just might help clean up a polluted New Jersey waterway.
The NY/NJ Baykeeper environmental group, assisted by volunteers anxious to see the project succeed,...
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