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Omnibus #40

Posted Thursday, January 17, 2008. Total length: 35:16

The Great South Bay was once an abundant source of shellfish. Whether oysters or clams, the bounty of the bay provided a livelihood for baymen stretching back to the 19th century. Conditions now are much different and Chris Clapp of the Nature Conservancy explains how his organization is working to restore not only the diminished clam population (on the property of the former Blue Points Oyster Company) but the health of the entire Great South Bay.

"...you could walk from clam boat to clam boat across the whole bay."
Chris Clapp

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(Music Courtesy of the Podshow Podsafe Music Network)

0:05 Introduction
Chris Kretz - Assistant Professor/Reference Librarian
1:32 "Making the Great South Bay Great Again"
Interview with Chris Clapp, estuary specialist with the Nature Conservancy, on efforts to restore the waters of the Great South Bay on the south shore of Long Island.
- Nature Conservancy on Long Island
- New York Sea Grant Hard Clam Initiative
- Long Island Maritime Museum
- South Shore Estuary Reserve Council
- Interview with folklorist Nancy Solomon about the South Shore Estuary Historic Survey
24:33 Clamming
Rev. Robert Terry, husband of Special Collections Librarian Su GarrisonTerry, describes his summers clamming the bay from 1967-1973

Song: "Lukey" by Great Big Sea

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