Did you know that one adult oyster filters 2.5 gallons of water per hour? Last Friday 3/21/2025, SC BHA met and helped SCDNR build Manufactured Wire Reefs (MWR) for the SCORE program. The SC BHA team were able to make 15 MWRs. With each MWR recruiting about 7000 oysters or so with 105,000 oysters recruited, each oyster filtering x 2.5 gallons of water per hour = 262,5000 gallons of water per hour.  Multiply that by 24 hours in a day = 6,300,000 gallons of water per day!!!! The purpose of ...

On February 8, 2025, the South Carolina Chapter of BHA hosted a great day in the woods at Sumter National Forest near Clinton. The event brought together BHA members and families for a morning of squirrel hunting and an afternoon of environmental stewardship.  This event was more than just a hunt for trash and squirrels, it was a demonstration of BHA’s commitment to conserving North America's public lands and waters. By combining hunting with conservation efforts, the volunteers helped ...