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FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 21, 2007
Contact: Chris
Maun, Thurston County Stream Team coordinator, 754-3355
ext. 6377
Visit
historical shellfish site July 7
OLYMPIA
– Visit a fascinating
archeological excavation on
Mud
Bay
on Saturday, July 7 and learn how Native Peoples managed shellfish resources
over the past thousand years.
This Stream Team event will begin at 9 a.m. in the A/B room on the second
floor of the Thurston County Roads and
Transportation
Building
,
2404 Heritage Court
in
Olympia
. From there, participants will travel to the shellfish excavation site on
Mud
Bay
, and then onto the Squaxin Island Tribe’s Museum Library and
Research
Center
.
South
Puget Sound
Community College
archeology instructor Dale
Croes will discuss discoveries that have been made at the excavation site.
Artifacts from the site will also be on display at the museum, including a
cedar bark gill net estimated to be about 500 years old.
To register, call Chris Maun at 754-3355 ext. 6377 or e-mail maunc@co.thurston.wa.us.
The event is sponsored by Stream Team,
South
Puget Sound
Community College
, Thurston Conservation District, and Thurston County Shellfish Protection
District.
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