Chris Littlefield of The Nature Conservancy surveys the location the day before the transplant, from an SPC boat. It was dead calm on Monday, but Tuesday was a different story!
RI Department of Environmental Protection boat and crew.
Bag number one... 449 to go.
The operation gets started.
Dennis Erkin from RI DEM with load ready for transport.
Volunteers off-loading clams to waiting boats.
SPC volunteers Art Ganz and Martha Hosp slide a 40# bag of clams into a waiting boat. The ramp is a huge time and effort saver!
SPC volunteers Bill and Sue Lester after their last load. The NE storm was still blowing, but was calming down.
