Posted on Sep 2, 2022
Swinomish Tribe builds US’s first modern ‘clam garden,' reviving ancient practice
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By the time you read this story, what it describes will probably have disappeared beneath the waves.
That’s how it was meant to be — and how it used to be.
Since time immemorial, as the saying goes, people in what is now Washington and British Columbia farmed the sea with a type of environmental engineering called clam gardening.
Around the time Europeans showed up here, the practice was lost.
“It was stolen from us,” said Swinomish Tribal Senator Alana Quintasket. “All of our teachings, all of our practices, our connections to this place, our connections to each other, our connections to all living things was stolen from us with settler colonialism.”
Quintasket stood in the mud where Skagit Bay becomes Kiket Island.
“We’re working hard to restore these practices, to bring back these teachings, and to restore our relationships,” she said.
That’s how it was meant to be — and how it used to be.
Since time immemorial, as the saying goes, people in what is now Washington and British Columbia farmed the sea with a type of environmental engineering called clam gardening.
Around the time Europeans showed up here, the practice was lost.
“It was stolen from us,” said Swinomish Tribal Senator Alana Quintasket. “All of our teachings, all of our practices, our connections to this place, our connections to each other, our connections to all living things was stolen from us with settler colonialism.”
Quintasket stood in the mud where Skagit Bay becomes Kiket Island.
“We’re working hard to restore these practices, to bring back these teachings, and to restore our relationships,” she said.
Swinomish Tribe builds US’s first modern ‘clam garden,' reviving ancient practice
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Native Americans
Food/Chow
Culture
Tradition
Teaching
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel I thought I answered this already...
..."What worked:
The design of the clam garden supports the growth of native clam species.
Clam gardens increase the abundance of native clam populations.
Adding shell hash to the beach increases natural settlement of young clams in the first year.
Building a clam garden engages the community to revive traditional practices.
Benefits:
Clam gardens directly improve habitat conditions and increase shellfish harvest areas.
Community engagement encourages long-term sustainable harvest practices and addresses tribal health and well-being.
Enhancing local clam populations supports tribal treaty rights by improving access and availability of tribally-important resources.
Shell hash promotes survival of young clams and may locally reduce the impacts of ocean acidification."...
..."What worked:
The design of the clam garden supports the growth of native clam species.
Clam gardens increase the abundance of native clam populations.
Adding shell hash to the beach increases natural settlement of young clams in the first year.
Building a clam garden engages the community to revive traditional practices.
Benefits:
Clam gardens directly improve habitat conditions and increase shellfish harvest areas.
Community engagement encourages long-term sustainable harvest practices and addresses tribal health and well-being.
Enhancing local clam populations supports tribal treaty rights by improving access and availability of tribally-important resources.
Shell hash promotes survival of young clams and may locally reduce the impacts of ocean acidification."...
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel I thought I answered this already...
..."What worked:
The design of the clam garden supports the growth of native clam species.
Clam gardens increase the abundance of native clam populations.
Adding shell hash to the beach increases natural settlement of young clams in the first year.
Building a clam garden engages the community to revive traditional practices.
Benefits:
Clam gardens directly improve habitat conditions and increase shellfish harvest areas.
Community engagement encourages long-term sustainable harvest practices and addresses tribal health and well-being.
Enhancing local clam populations supports tribal treaty rights by improving access and availability of tribally-important resources.
Shell hash promotes survival of young clams and may locally reduce the impacts of ocean acidification."...
..."What worked:
The design of the clam garden supports the growth of native clam species.
Clam gardens increase the abundance of native clam populations.
Adding shell hash to the beach increases natural settlement of young clams in the first year.
Building a clam garden engages the community to revive traditional practices.
Benefits:
Clam gardens directly improve habitat conditions and increase shellfish harvest areas.
Community engagement encourages long-term sustainable harvest practices and addresses tribal health and well-being.
Enhancing local clam populations supports tribal treaty rights by improving access and availability of tribally-important resources.
Shell hash promotes survival of young clams and may locally reduce the impacts of ocean acidification."...
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
SGT (Join to see) I'm thinking You have the Same Problem I Have Frequently Long Running Scripts that Operate the Software here on RP behind the scenes (No Grand Conspiracy Just How Most Software Operates). Bogs Down thing Sometimes Unfortunately and We End Up Reposting! or Fighting to Tag People or Things.
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