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What you gotta NOTICE?  What you gotta KNOW?

When you NOTICE Spartina alterniflora growing up through a street, you KNOW this area, even under all that pavement, is still trying to BE a salt marsh.  It’s what it’s always been. Nature is RESILIENT and has a way of coming back!  This is is one resilient plant!

 

You also KNOW that this area is low-lying and will always be prone to flooding, especially in this era of sea level rise.  To fill and build on top of a salt marsh is to destroy critical habitat AND make flooding worse!

What can you DO with the info?

Consider joining efforts to preserve, protect, and restore existing salt marsh ecosystems.   

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Study the STEM of green infrastructure.

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Research historical maps to learn if the area used to be part of a tidal creek system.

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Don’t drive your car or walk through these areas when they flood. Get to higher ground.

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Avoid filling and building on top of  salt marsh!

© 2018 by Merrie Koester, Ph.D.

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