A salt marsh in recovery is gobbling carbon, gaining ground

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

STANWOOD — From atop the dike at Port Susan, emerald farmland stretches to the left. To the right, a mosaic of greens and browns make up a coastal wetland.

At points along the dike, the marsh looks slightly higher in elevation than the agricultural land across the mound.

That slight difference is a success for scientists and conservationists working to restore former farmland back to estuarine habitat.

Since removing a seafront dike in 2012, a 150-acre project area has gained about 8 inches in elevation and is capturing and storing twice the amount of carbon as surrounding marshes.

The potato-shaped swath of land is just north of where the Stillaguamish River meets the sea. It lies in a 4,122-acre nature preserve, which The Nature Conservancy bought from a farmer in 2001.

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https://www.heraldnet.com/news/a-salt-marsh-in-recovery-is-gobbling-carbon-gaining-ground/

[al bupp]

1. We need this kind of thing to ramp up...

about 6 orders of magnitude (or more).

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. That is fantastic news! We need those everywhere! n/t

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. the whole West Coast of the state has lots of marshes.

Seems a better use for them than filling them for houses which will be flooded in a few years of ocean rises.
As New Orleans is finding out.