Swinomish Tribe builds U.S.鈥檚 first modern 鈥榗lam garden,' reviving ancient practice
It takes a butter clam about three years to grow to harvestable size, according to Western Washington University marine ecologist and Samish Nation member Marco Hatch.
鈥淲hat we're doing here is something that hasn't been done in living memory, which is build a clam garden from scratch,鈥 Hatch said. 鈥淪o we don't really know how long does it take for those sediments to fill in or what that's going to look like.鈥
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