SEATTLE — Soon, in Southwest Washington, the campaign will ramp up. No, nothing as trivial as a presidential campaign. This is far more important. This is the campaign to become Washington’s official ...

From Thursday to March 11, people can go clamming from noon to midnight, during the afternoon and evening low tides. From March 12 to 17, people can go for the morning and early afternoon tides, from ...

Michael Cimarusti doesn’t remember the name of the restaurant, but he vividly remembers the experience. “That clam shell was as big as my head, and my sister and I ate the whole damn thing,” says ...

Razor clam digging opportunities are set for Nov. 18-23 at Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Copalis, and Mocrocks beaches.

Portland State University researchers and their collaborators at the Quinault Indian Nation and Oregon State University found microplastics in Pacific razor clams on Washington's sparsely populated ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. – Washington may soon have an official state clam. A new proposal filed in the Washington State Legislature suggests designating the Pacific razor clam as the official clam of the state ...

DAYLIGHT IS JUST getting going these days at 7 a.m., my usual hour of wakefulness. I’m always warm so typically I keep my northwest-facing sliding glass door open at night, at least partially, to the ...

Razor clam digging on Washington's coast will continue to be banned through May 31, even though health officials in Pacific and Grays Harbor counties had called for opening a three-day season on May ...

Introductions -- Lay of the land : Long Beach and Ocean Shores -- Sacred treaties -- Ecology and anatomy -- Past abundances -- The era of NIX and domoic acid -- Pumping and counting -- Licensed to ...

Editor’s note: Pacific NW magazine’s weekly Backstory provides a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the writer’s process or an extra tidbit that accompanies our cover story. This week’s cover story captures ...

Researchers found microplastics in Pacific razor clams on Washington's sparsely populated Olympic Coast -- proof, they say, that even in more remote regions, coastal organisms can't escape plastic ...