As sea levels rise, salt marshes need gently sloped places to establish, and a restored cranberry bog adjacent to a tidal waterway can be the perfect location for that. This is climate adaptation in action.
In the Watershed Articles
A 100-acre waterfront purchase by the Coalition on the north side of the bay has expanded the opportunities for people to access and enjoy this extraordinary, rich and diverse natural shoreline.
A $100,000 grant from the state DCR’s Recreational Trails Program (Mass Trails) will support construction of 1.2 miles of 10-foot-wide, two-way, fully accessible trail at the main entrance to the property.
More than one hundred Plymouth residents engaged with Coalition Senior Restoration Ecologist Sara Quintal and Inter-Fluve geomorphologist Nick Nelson.
Removing remnant agricultural features would allow water to flow naturally through the site again, allowing expansion of more valuable salt marsh habitats and promoting greater biodiversity.
With our first-ever habitat management grant, the Coalition will continue the work of thinning the vegetation to restore grasslands and protect island residents.
Purchased land and conservation restrictions around Slocums River will allow salt marshes to move as sea levels rise.
The Coalition has protected a 49.2-acre forested property located adjacent to residential development between Route 6 and I-195 along cold-water stream Bread and Cheese Brook.
New Bedford Conservation Agent Chance Perks explains in a video what water protection improvements are happening at the Buttonwood Park Zoo.