Ms. Que Banh<p>The <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ClamGardens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClamGardens</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/RestorationProject" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RestorationProject</span></a> has reclaimed <a href="https://beige.party/tags/W%CC%B1S%C3%81NE%C4%86" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>W̱SÁNEĆ</span></a> knowledge, improved <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystems</span></a> and provided the W̱SÁNEĆ Nation with additional funding.</p><p>From 2014 to 2019, <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ParksCanada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ParksCanada</span></a>, the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/W%CC%B1S%C3%81NE%C4%86Nation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>W̱SÁNEĆNation</span></a> and the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Hulquminum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hulquminum</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/FirstNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstNations</span></a> participated in the Clam Garden Restoration project. </p><p>Clam gardens are <a href="https://beige.party/tags/AncientSites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AncientSites</span></a> along shorelines in W̱SÁNEĆ territory that <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> people tended for thousands of years to enhance the production of <a href="https://beige.party/tags/clams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>clams</span></a> and related sea creatures. Clams were an important source of protein for W̱SÁNEĆ people. The Clam Restoration project spent 5 years working to restore clam gardens in W̱SÁNEĆ territory. In addition to improving the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> of two clam gardens, the project also aimed to reclaim W̱SÁNEĆ knowledge, practices and culture related to clam gardens.</p><p>Learn more & sign up to help out:<br><a href="https://wsanec.com/the-clam-garden-restoration-project/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wsanec.com/the-clam-garden-res</span><span class="invisible">toration-project/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/LandBack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LandBack</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/NativeKnowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NativeKnowledge</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Shellfish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shellfish</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Seafood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seafood</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Saanich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Saanich</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/IndigenousKnowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousKnowledge</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/NativeWisdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NativeWisdom</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BritishColumbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BritishColumbia</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Cascadia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cascadia</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservation</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sustainability</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VancouverIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VancouverIsland</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/decolonization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decolonization</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VanIsle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VanIsle</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PacificNorthwest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PacificNorthwest</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PNW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PNW</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/YYJphotographers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YYJphotographers</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/DisabledPhotographers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DisabledPhotographers</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Naturalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Naturalist</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmental</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/IndigenousLedProject" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousLedProject</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/reclamation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reclamation</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/decolonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decolonialism</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/FoodSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FoodSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/FoodSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FoodSource</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Restoration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Restoration</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/YYJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YYJ</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VictoriaBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VictoriaBC</span></a></p>