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Grad student field trip to La Conner

Area serves as college classroom

Seattle-area graduate students took a field trip to La Conner and the Swinomish Reservation last Wednesday and afterward gave the Swinomish Tribe high marks for its focus on environmental protection.

Dubbed the Climate Impacts Group and led by University of Washington research scientist Rishi Sugla, the students met here with tribal leaders for a daylong tour that included a stop at the Swinomish Clam Garden, the first modern version in the country of an ancient form of aquaculture.

The clam garden, located on Kiket Island in Skagit Bay, is designed to provide food for the Swinomish community...

 

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