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Jackie Shannon, who manages the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Virginia oyster restoration efforts, greets �һ�������Ƶ students and staff at the Brock Environmental Center for �һ�������Ƶ's alternative Spring Break. Photo Chuck Thomas/�һ�������Ƶ

Dominique Scott (left) and Alexis Leona work together to build an oyster cage. Photo Chuck Thomas/�һ�������Ƶ

Hafsah Sarfraz (left) and Jenn Grimm, director of �һ�������Ƶ’s Office of Leadership and Learning, install hog clips to keep the oyster cages secure. Photo Chuck Thomas/�һ�������Ƶ

Saige Hill, assistant director of �һ�������Ƶ’s Monarch Internship and Co-Op Office, works on an oyster cage. Photo Chuck Thomas/�һ�������Ƶ

A group of �һ�������Ƶ students and staff work together preparing oyster cages. Photo Chuck Thomas/�һ�������Ƶ

�һ�������Ƶ students and staff sift through a pile of used oyster crates to see if any of them can be reused. Photo Chuck Thomas/�һ�������Ƶ

�һ�������Ƶ students and staff get a tour of the Brock Environmental Center. Photo Chuck Thomas/�һ�������Ƶ

Lenora Thorbjornsen, director of academic advising for Interdisciplinary Schools at �һ�������Ƶ, reads an educational display about oyster reefs in the lobby of the Brock Environmental Center. Photo Chuck Thomas/�һ�������Ƶ

�һ�������Ƶ students and staff learn about how the mobile oyster center operates. Photo Chuck Thomas/�һ�������Ƶ

A pile of empty oyster shells that the Chesapeake Bay Foundation gathered from local restaurants. Photo Chuck Thomas/�һ�������Ƶ

After the shells are bagged, they are arranged on pallets, forming what are referred to as "shell forests." Photo Chuck Thomas/�һ�������Ƶ