down. why? well, actually a small handful of folks who are really wilderness activists who care deeply about getting people off the land, i think is the best we can tell, want to give up something to create a humanless landscape and it s a little strange because national sea shore was created as a work landscape. the oyster farm is completely surrounded by working ranches and so to remove the oyster farm from the middle of the historic ranching lands is odd. gretchen: aren t the oysters part of the landscape? well, they have been for a very long time. as a matter of fact, the national academy of sciences says that drake s, where the oysters live, is probably healthier with the oyster farm because of the eco system services. it s the reason that we see oysters being planted in the chesapeake and san francisco