OLYMPIA — For more than a decade, several Thurston County residents have fought to protect a beach from one of the shellfish industry’s cash cows — or more specifically, cash clams. Known for their ...

OLYMPIA — For more than a decade, several Thurston County residents have fought to protect a beach from one of the shellfish industry's cash cows — or more specifically, cash clams. Known for their ...

TACOMA – Raising geoducks may endanger inland marine life and tidelands, Pierce County planners say, a finding that could likely complicate the county’s permit process for farming the ugly but ...

This list of stories illustrates how the debate over the proposed geoduck farm in Burley Lagoon involved concerns about the environment, noise and debris. Many residents raised worries about plastic ...

STRETCH ISLAND, Mason County —For five generations, Paul Taylor’s family has grown clams and oysters on South Puget Sound, building the largest shellfish company on the West Coast along with ...

PORT LUDLOW — When the state Department of Natural Resources identified a 2-acre spit of state-owned beach on Hood Head as a lease site for geoduck farming in 2007, Bruce Olsen said he and his fellow ...

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TACOMA – Opponents of a plan to raise giant clams on Pierce County beaches came to recent hearings on the issue lugging garbage bags full of shellfish farming debris they say they collected near their ...

OLYMPIA — For more than a decade, a small group of Thurston County residents has fought to protect a beach from one of the shellfish industry’s cash cows — or more specifically, cash clams. Known for ...

For more than a decade, several Thurston County residents have fought to protect a beach from one of the shellfish industry’s cash cows – or more specifically, cash clams. Known for their funny name ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - For more than a decade, several Thurston County residents have fought to protect a beach from one of the shellfish industry’s cash cows - or more specifically, cash clams. Known ...