DUNGENESS – A chorus of “Acres of Clams” would overstate the case, but would you believe 1,250 square feet of Pacific oysters, geoducks and Manilas?
Clallam County’s Marine Resources Committee, Jamestown S’Klallam tribe and Washington State University’s volunteer Beach Watchers will plant a 25-by-50-foot “shellfish garden” later this spring at Dungeness Landing County Park.
The aim of the project – set to start May 20 – is to make those living near the shore more aware of their marine environment and to inspire them to care about “their” bivalves.
Project planners will hold two workshops to explain the garden. (See accompanying article.)
Clallam County commissioners learned, at their weekly work session Monday, about the garden from Aleta Erickson, Jamestown S’Klallam biologist and a marine committee member, and from David Freed, Beach Watchers coordinator.
