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May 8, 2008

Photo: Aiming to spawn cleaner waters

Journal photo / Gretchen Ertl
Caroly Shumway, director of conservation science for The Nature Conservancy's Providence office, drops some of the 20,000 pounds of shellfish into Ninigret Pond today as the first step in a new shellfish and eelgrass restoration effort in South County's salt ponds. The "spawner sanctuary" will serve as a breeding ground for the shellfish. The clams filter the water to feed, cleaning the water in which they live which, in turn, should improve the water quality of the pond. For more about the effort to clean up South County's ponds, read a Journal story from last year.

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