SEQUIM — More than 200 Sequim Middle School seventh-graders Thursday took part in an exercise organizers hope will promote improved Dungeness River watershed water quality.
Split into five groups in the Dungeness Bay Watershed Activities to Change Habits program, students visited Railroad Bridge Park, Robin Hill Farm, Dungeness Bay and a stormwater demonstration site at Dungeness Valley Lutheran Church during the daylong field trip.
They learned about causes of contamination in Dungeness Bay, how scientists are studying the problem and what can be done to improve water quality.
During the program, the students also learned about how shellfish are grown and harvested.
Valerie Wilson of Clallam County Department of Natural Resources told students that more than 400 acres of shellfish beds are closed to commercial harvest because of contamination.
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