Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The question of whether the longtime shellfish farm in Burley Lagoon can raise geoducks is inching toward a final answer. Burley ...

This list of stories illustrates how the debate over the proposed geoduck farm in Burley Lagoon involved concerns about the environment, noise and debris. Many residents raised worries about plastic ...

TACOMA – Opponents of a plan to raise giant clams on Pierce County beaches came to recent hearings on the issue lugging garbage bags full of shellfish farming debris they say they collected near their ...

May will be a fateful month for the long-proposed Burley Lagoon Geoduck Farm. Three public meetings will position permit approval/denial recommendations, one of which is among the few remaining ...

PURDY, Wash. -- Geoducks are one of the state's most iconic shellfish and worldwide demand is growing. However, people who live around Burley Lagoon, the perfect place for geoducks to thrive, aren't ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Pyke Johnson loves his beachfront home near the end of Johnson Point in Olympia. “It’s the best neighborhood I’ve ever lived in in my life,” said Johnson from the Henderson Inlet ...

Longtime resident Karen McDonnell and her neighbors are concerned about a proposal by Taylor Shellfish Farms to start an operation to plant and harvest geoducks in Burley Lagoon. Residents feel the ...

HARSTINE ISLAND, Wash. | John King plunges his arm up to his shoulder into the mudflats of Puget Sound, roots around and soon pulls from the muck the world's largest burrowing clam. The mollusk ...