Hands-On Experiences Teach Importance of Preserving Watershed
DUNGENESS BAY (June 13, 2008) – Shelby Schleve scrunched up her nose at the butter clams lying open on the picnic table, their slimy innards exposed. But it didn’t take long for the Sequim Middle School eighth-grader to start poking at the clam’s digestive system for a closer look.
“We’re learning there’s some pretty nasty stuff in the watershed,” she said, after hearing about fecal coliform bacteria from animal and human waste, a tell-tale sign of water pollution.