along with the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, will receive just under $4 million to restore 1,600 acres of the North Shore's Great Salt Marsh, and create plans to restore ...

Trustees on the Coast is working to heal the Great Marsh. Old farmers’ ditches have weakened the marsh by impacting the natural draining process. The idea is to remediate the ditches so the ...

Salt marshes ... world's salt marshes are likely to be underwater by the end of the century. The findings come from a 50-year study in Great Sippewissett Marsh in Falmouth, Massachusetts.

As the coastal coordinator of the Upper North Shore of the Massachusetts ... He'll highlight salt pannes and pools and their value to shorebirds. "The Great Marsh is in fact a major stopover ...

“If something isn’t done to counter those forces, this will be gone.” Salt marshes also play a critical role absorbing and storing carbon dioxide in the ground, keeping greenhouse gases that ...

In addition to providing wildlife habitat and numerous ecosystem services, salt marshes store a great deal of carbon ... according to a recent study based on the maps. Previously, up-to-date ...

“It’s not every day you see a mini excavator operating on a salt marsh,” Refuge Manager Matt Hillman said.

If scientists can eradicate the intruder — stopping its spread from Massachusetts where hundreds of thousands grow just below the border — the delicate salt marsh ecosystems of New Hampshire ...