The salt marshes that are vitally important in protecting shorelines from erosion are increasingly threatened with death by ...

Hopping calls this bird the “piping plover of the salt marsh." He said 10% of the global population occurs in Massachusetts, and half of that is in the Great Marsh. “This is literally very ...

Tweitmann, a coastal restoration ecologist with Mass Audubon, had come to a salt marsh in Rowley, Massachusetts ... why we think they could be really great in a restoration project — is they ...

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 ...

THE NORTH EASTON MOST STATE, YORK COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS. WELL ... A MIX OF MOUNTAINS AND MARSHES AND THE SEA HARD TO MISS THE HIGHEST POINT IN YORK, MAINE. ALTHOUGH AT JUST UNDER 700FT, MOUNT ...

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 ...

Funding was announced back in October to restore over 30 acres of Great Meadows Marsh in Stratford. The area was the largest block of undrained salt marsh in the state. Experts said a healthy salt ...

“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 ...