HAMPTON, Va. — Hampton City Schools elementary students excitedly crowded the bank of the Hampton River Wednesday morning to watch the oysters they raised in their classrooms be dumped into the river. Roughly 1,000 oysters were added to an oyster reef in the river near the Elizabeth Lake Estates pool.
This is part of a unique project offered by the school district.
“This is actually the first oyster sanctuary reef in the Hampton River,” Elizabeth Lake Environmental Stewardship Committee Member said…