Students from Booker Elementary Schoolcarry oyster bushels during an oyster planting event at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., June 8, 2017. According to the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, degrading water quality is both a cause and an effect of the oyster decline, as fewer oysters result in less filtration capacity.

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