Delaware Bay’s vast and bountiful marsh masks a past of unrestrained manipulation for-profit and a future of impending Climatic calamity. But we can persuade nature to heal and protect
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Restoring Thompsons Marsh
Repairing a Damaged Wetland – a photo journal – Restoring Thompson’s Marsh 4
by Larry Nilesby Larry NilesA vast tidal wetland frames Delaware Bay. Centuries of farming have left the marsh vulnerible to erosion and unproductive.. We took one step to fix it by filling a containment dike to hold mud dredged from a nearby creek.
An Experiment in Wetland Habitat Restoration – Restoring Thompson’s Beach 2
by Larry Nilesby Larry NilesA vast tidal wetland frames Delaware Bay. Centuries of farming have left the marsh vulnerable to erosion and unproductive.. We took one step to fix it
The America Littoral Society and partners will dredge sediment from a creek in Delaware Bay to restore elevation to a marsh damaged by Salt Hay Farming