Tico Aran, founder of Watershed Action Lab in Miami, talks with Angela about the communal efforts in Biscayne Bay to create habitats for the Eastern Oyster, a keystone species once prevalent up and down the coasts of North and South America. The result: improved water quality, more biodiversity, and a return to play for the next generation of local kids.In Data Dialogues, we highlight two people working with environmental data and then bring them in conversation with each other. Listen to this conversation on its own or pair it with Darrah Blackwater's conversation in Episode 11 and Tico and Darrah's dialogue in Episode 12.  You can access a transcript of this episode and Show Notes on our website and join in the conversation on Twitter @OpenEnviroData and Instagram @OpenEnviroData! Albert ”Tico” Aran (he/him) founded Watershed Action Lab, a project connecting local people to the Biscayne Bay in Miami, Florida through soil health, water quality, and community action. Tico has worked with communities and people who make their living directly from the land in the United States, Latin America and Asia.Angela Eaton (she/her) is the Director of Data Inclusion at Open Environmental Data  and host of Data Dialogues.