text:  The water is washing the land away at an alarming rate. A football field's worth lost every hundred minutes. The land loss is threatening not only the community's way of life, but also their heritage. That's why they've teamed up with the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana to make reefs out of oyster shells recycled from restaurants in New Orleans to protect the sacred sites. On the drive, James Karst from the Coalition said the community had needed to take matters into their own hands.