VillageSoup, The Free Press advance Aug. 16 clam program led by Beal

VillageSoup and The Free Press advanced a program about clams led by Brian Beal, a professor of marine ecology at the University of Maine at Machias and the director of research at the Downeast Institute. The free program focuses on the basic biology, ecology and management of soft-shell clams, and their relationship to other organisms in the Sears Island ecosystem. The program will be held 9:30—11:30 a.m. Aug. 16 on Sears Island. Participants are asked to bring water, a snack and insect repellent. For more information, visit the Friends of Sears Island website or Facebook page, or call 207.975.3878.