LONG BEACH ISLAND, N.J. — Residents of Long Beach Island enjoy steamed clams, stuffed clams, clam sauce and clams on the half-shell as well as white and red clam chowders. But they also “dig” clams as tourist attractions and teaching tools.
Just put yourself in the hands of ReClam the Bay volunteers who turn clam-loving tourists into environmental stewards.
On Long Beach Island, visitors can stalk wildly decorated 5½-foot-high clams along the Clam Trail, hold baby clams in their hands, learn about their “secret lives” and appreciate their role in protecting Barnegat Bay.
In the past eight years, the volunteers have raised 11 million clams and 3.3 million oysters in waterside “nurseries” and then poured them into Barnegat Bay.
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