Lorenzo Hernandez farms oysters at Drakes Bay Oyster Company, in Inverness
Lorenzo Hernandez farms oysters at Drakes Bay Oyster Company, in Inverness, California, November 29, 2012. The U.S. government sided with environmental groups on Thursday with its decision to shut down a Northern California oyster farm, with a 40-year-old lease ending Friday, in an attempt to restore wilderness. Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar said he would not renew the lease for the weatherbeaten shacks, oyster shell mounds and waterlogged docks that make up Drakes Bay Oyster Company. REUTERS/Noah Berger (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS AGRICULTURE ENVIRONMENT)