Most people remember their first kiss or the first time they drove a car. Rick Bushnell remembers his first clam.

President and founder of the local group Reclam the Bay, Bushnell recalls his first encounter with a clam as a small boy: “On a hot summer afternoon, I jumped into the bay. An older relative had taught me how to clam.” So, in clamdigger style, Rick twisted his feet in the mud until his foot touched a rock-like object. That was a clam!

Seeing the perfect joy on the boy’s face, a nearby fisherman watching him called out, “Hey, kid, give me that.”