Thanks for the interesting write up on a landscape I’ve come to enjoy as a visitor through our family’s annual winter pilgrimage to the California coast. As a native New Englander, we’ve been watching the salt marshes attempt to keep up with rising sea levels. There’s a certain amount the spartina grasses can keep up with, but they’re typically hemmed in by development from advancing inland. Check out the Trustees of Reservations work with the Great Marsh if you’d like to learn more about this unique ecosystem. https://www.onthecoast.thetrustees.org/great-salt-marsh-restoration
Jeff, thanks for you comment, and especially for the link. I’m really impressed with the trustee’s work. And I’m glad you can enjoy the coastal sage here. I recently wrote an appreciation of estuaries if you’re interested. https://greendispatch.substack.com/p/estuaries-an-appreciation
Thanks for the interesting write up on a landscape I’ve come to enjoy as a visitor through our family’s annual winter pilgrimage to the California coast. As a native New Englander, we’ve been watching the salt marshes attempt to keep up with rising sea levels. There’s a certain amount the spartina grasses can keep up with, but they’re typically hemmed in by development from advancing inland. Check out the Trustees of Reservations work with the Great Marsh if you’d like to learn more about this unique ecosystem. https://www.onthecoast.thetrustees.org/great-salt-marsh-restoration
Jeff, thanks for you comment, and especially for the link. I’m really impressed with the trustee’s work. And I’m glad you can enjoy the coastal sage here. I recently wrote an appreciation of estuaries if you’re interested. https://greendispatch.substack.com/p/estuaries-an-appreciation
Agree these are very special places where water and land come together and nurture so much life.