Despite being hard work, digging for clams is an art of moving mud

BANGOR DAILY NEWS • May 17, 2021

I have a deep admiration for clammers. It began when I apprehensively ventured out onto the clam flats to try collecting a few of these mollusks. That experience fostered an appreciation for this ancestral food gathering skill and for those that spend their days moving mud. Trust me, clamming is hard work. There is an art to moving mud.