Environmental program seeking $17.5 million to restore seagrass, clams in 3 Bay Area estuaries
LONGBOAT KEY, Fla. – A new initiative to restore seagrass and clams in Bay Area estuaries officially kicked off Saturday. It’s known as ‘All Clams On Deck’ and it’s getting support from state lawmakers who were in Longboat Key Saturday to announce the new program.
Right now in Florida, water quality is top of mind. Harmful algae blooms have killed much of the state’s seagrass. It’s made it harder for manatees to find food forcing to some starve to death.
“What keeps me up at night is water quality issues. There are a large spectrum of things we need to do wastewater treatment facilities, what we put on our lawn, how we farm and how we ranch,” explained Ed Chiles, founder of ‘All Clams On Deck’.
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