New York City volunteers planted 20,000 marsh seedlings on a dying salt marsh in 2003, but 80% of the site was healthy just two years later
- PC: National Park ServiceIn 2003, a restoration effort at New York City’s Big Egg Marsh took a major step when National Park Service scientists and 100 volunteers planted 20,000 smooth cordgrass seedlings across an area that had been raised with clean sand.
- The work was part of an experiment to restore a salt marsh in Jamaica Bay, where marshes had been disappearing for decades.
- The seedlings faced early setbacks, including grazing by geese, tides and marine debris.
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- PC: National Park ServiceIn 2003, a restoration effort at New York City’s Big Egg Marsh took a major step when National Park Service scientists and 100 volunteers planted 20,000 smooth cordgrass seedlings across an area that had been raised with clean sand.
- The work was part of an experiment to restore a salt marsh in Jamaica Bay, where marshes had been disappearing for decades.
- The seedlings faced early setbacks, including grazing by geese, tides and marine debris.
Sources: Times of India