Show threadPreston WalbergDec 15, 2024
... "“All of these practices, I think, are centered around this idea of growing food and growing community,” says Hatch. A community focus—passing on traditional knowledge between generations and improving health through access to local foods—is at the heart of the effort to build what is likely the first modern clam garden in the United States." #Indigenous #IndigenousAgriculture #ClamGardens
Ms. Que BanhAug 1, 2024

The #ClamGardens #RestorationProject has reclaimed #W̱SÁNEĆ knowledge, improved #ecosystems and provided the W̱SÁNEĆ Nation with additional funding.

From 2014 to 2019, #ParksCanada, the #W̱SÁNEĆNation and the #Hulquminum #FirstNations participated in the Clam Garden Restoration project.

Clam gardens are #AncientSites along shorelines in W̱SÁNEĆ territory that #Indigenous people tended for thousands of years to enhance the production of #clams and related sea creatures. Clams were an important source of protein for W̱SÁNEĆ people. The Clam Restoration project spent 5 years working to restore clam gardens in W̱SÁNEĆ territory. In addition to improving the #ecology of two clam gardens, the project also aimed to reclaim W̱SÁNEĆ knowledge, practices and culture related to clam gardens.

Learn more & sign up to help out:
https://wsanec.com/the-clam-garden-restoration-project/

#LandBack #NativeKnowledge #Nature #Shellfish #Seafood #Saanich #IndigenousKnowledge #NativeWisdom #BritishColumbia #Canada #Cascadia #conservation #sustainability #VancouverIsland #decolonization #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #photography #YYJphotographers #DisabledPhotographers #Naturalist #environmental #IndigenousLedProject #reclamation #decolonialism #FoodSecurity #FoodSource #Restoration #YYJ #VictoriaBC

The Clam Garden Restoration Project

The Clam Garden Restoration Project has reclaimed W̱SÁNEĆ knowledge, improved ecosystems and provided the W̱SÁNEĆ Nation with additional funding. From 2014 to 2019, Parks Canada, the W̱SÁNEĆ Nation and the Hul’q’umi’num Nations participated in the Clam Garden Restoration project.  Clam gardens are ancient sites along shorelines in W̱SÁNEĆ territory that Indigenous

W̱SÁNEĆ Leadership Council
PhoenixSerenityJun 8, 2023

For centuries #native #ClamGardens on #BritishColumbia #Westcoast provided #FirstNations with #clams & other #seafood .
In aftermath of 2021 #HeatDome - there's more interest in this #ancient #aquaculture technique. 

#Scientific experiments from #SFU #researchers & #CoastSalish #Indigenous ppl show clam gardens help #SeaLife stay cooler.
#Research aims to show how ancient #IndigenousPractices offers #ClimateChange #solutions in present.

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6869870

#nature #science #Oceans #PNW

Ancient Indigenous 'clam gardens' could be modern-day climate solution | CBC News

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we explore how "clam gardens" can be a climate solution and learn about the importance of biodiversity in forests.

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