A Black-Necked Stilt meanders in a shallow salt marsh at Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve near Huntington Beach, California.

Sediment Strategy Seeks to Save Salt Marsh Species

One of Southern California’s few remaining tidal marshes—and the habitat it provides for marine life and endangered birds—is threatened by sea level rise. A collaborative effort is underway to help these wetlands stay above water.
Story Credit
Benjamin Landis, Western Ecological Research Center, U.S. Geological Survey
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Regular Daddy, own work. CC BY-SA 3.0, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, or GFDL, http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html, via Wikimedia Commons
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23 April 2024 - 9:53am