Academy finds oyster DEIS lacking

An answer to whether or not Drake’s Bay Oyster Company is harming the environment remains elusive, as the National Academy of Sciences last week judged evidence in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) issued by the National Park Service to be insufficient.

Of 14 possible “impact” categories, the DEIS alleged the oyster farm caused major negative impacts in two—sound and wilderness. The authors used sound measurements from police boats and highway construction equipment as stand-ins…