salt marsh

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Old stone walls near the shoreline were flattened, while the Exmoor bay's shingle ridge was breached and moved inland by around 90 metres, creating a salt marsh which was left to its natural course.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

EDF then suggested a plan to flood 1,500 acres of nearby coast to create a salt marsh breeding ground to offset any fish death.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

Birds flock here for the blend of the estuary, mud flats, open saltwater and salt marsh.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 10, 2024

"Our results show that blue carbon ecosystems are more effective in mitigating climate change than previously thought. It is now even more important to protect and restore mangrove and salt marsh ecosystems."

From Science Daily • Feb. 1, 2024

There, in the spring of 1955, some 2000 acres of salt marsh in St. Lucie County were treated with dieldrin in an attempt to eliminate the larvae of the sandfly.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson