Using a Sea Level Rise Model to Identify and Prioritize Wetlands for Conservation Acquisition
Staff at the Maryland Department of Natural Resources used the Sea Level Affecting Marshes Model (SLAMM) to identify high-priority conservation areas that allow for wetland migration and future wildlife habitat.
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Adapted from NOAA Digital Coast, "Identifying Conservation Priorities for Sea Level Rise Adaptation in Coastal Maryland."
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Flickr user JoshuaDavisPhotography.com, http://www.flickr.com/people/articnomad/. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 license, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Last modified:
23 April 2024 - 9:53am
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