Saltwater marshes protect communities from flooding, and provide habitat for birds and fish. (Courtesy of Ducks Unlimited) Environmentalists from Ducks Unlimited and other organizations are using $500 ...

Salt marshes are grassy coastal wetlands with deep mud or peat that are flooded and drained by tidal salt water daily. ... Belle Isle Marsh is a unique research site both within Massachusetts ...

Saving shrimp, crabs, and oysters one salt marsh at a time is the main goal of the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) after finalizing a saltwater marsh conservation plan. The ...

Researchers have revealed the declining health of coastal marshes several years before visible signs of decline, providing an ...

The “Marsh Ruins,” as they are called, are arguably the masterwork of the painter and sculptor Beverly Buchanan.She built them in 1981, her own intervention in a charged landscape.

“While the drought’s in place, mosquitoes continually laying eggs in the marsh. All the cracks and everything just full of eggs just waiting for water. And in October when the coastal tides got real ...

When saltwater intrudes onto cropland, large swaths are rendered unsuitable for crop production. Visible salt patches appear on the soil, and, in some cases, areas once used for growing crops may ...

For many of the brackish and saltwater marshes near the Gulf of Mexico, there’s been a clear uptick in land losses since around 2015. Chart shows estuarine marshes in the Terrebonne, Barataria ...

Trying to pick a favorite view along Georgia's coast is nearly impossible, but we selected four that will take your breath away.

But working in a marsh is difficult, and farmers often had to wait for the water to freeze before bringing tractors out onto the ice to harvest. Zander’s idea is simple: plant the grasses a little ...

Saltwater marsh credits are much more expensive than freshwater credits, and the Point Farm Mitigation Bank would be only the second saltwater mitigation bank in the state.