OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Community members are celebrating restoration efforts that have allowed 240 acres of Henderson Inlet in south Puget Sound to reopen to shellfish harvesting.
They’re at the Henderson Inlet Community Shellfish Farm Saturday to harvest oysters and recognize efforts to improve water quality.
The state Department of Health this year lifted harvest restrictions that had been in place since 2001 because of pollution.
Betsy Peabody with the Puget Sound Restoration Fund says so many people have worked to control pollution from stormwater runoff, septic systems, pet waste, and farm animals.
