Lummi Nation shellfish beds in Portage Bay are fully open again for spring harvest, with enough water quality improvement seen by the state Department of Health to lift four years of restrictions.

Diverse efforts by community groups are credited for the turnaround affecting 800 acres at the mouth of the Nooksack River. The new harvest status was effective April 1.

Read more about the efforts to reopen shellfish beds in Whatcom County, and the assistance of the Whatcom Conservation District…

Source: Portage Bay shellfish beds open | Lynden Tribune