Acres of Clams

Eugene Thrasher, a trained Washington State University Beach Watcher with more than a thousand volunteer hours under his belt, has been digging and eating clams in Washington for half a century. Thrasher is the guy to ask if you want to learn how to find and dig a clam.

Follow him through a clam dig at Penn Cove on Whidbey Island, and then learn about types of clams found in Washington. Finish up with a dose of Northwest icon Ivar Haglund singing "Acres of Clams."

You can read more about clams in the Winter 2009 issue of Washington State Magazine.

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[wastatemagazine]

@elliottbaybooks I'm not sure, but the Island County Extension staff can probably help you out. Their phone number is 360-240-5558, and the e-mail for Beach Watchers is beachwatchers@wsu.edu (Sarah Woehrman).

Larry Clark, Washington State Magazine

[elliottbaybooks]

Are there clams in Port Susan Bay around Warm Beach? I see lots of holes in the sand that look like clam siphons but can't seem to find any clams when I dig.