Save The Bay’s Salt Marsh Protection
Programs
Kiel DiGiovanni, Ryan
LeBlanc, Brendan Sweeny, Adam Wycislo
The Importance
of Salt Marshes
Nursery and Spawning ground
for 2/3 of the United States commercial fish
Largest producer of basic
food per acre anywhere on earth
Nursery for 63 species of
fish in Narragansett Bay
Shoreline buffer zone against
coastal storms
The Destruction
of Salt Marshes
Half of Rhode Island salt
marshes have been filled such as Great Salt Cove
Drainage pipes have caused
major problems such as the lowering of salinity in the water
Mosquito ditching has drained
pools of water which has led to an increase in mosquito populations
Pollution from road runoff,
fertilizers, etc. has resulted
Save
The Bay’s Restoration Projects
Community Based Projects
Public Education Efforts
Marsh and Golf Program
http://www.savebay.org/
Save the Bay, Inc., Rhode Island, Aug 8,
2002
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Gaytha
A. Langlois, Ph.D., 2002
Bryant
College, Smithfield, RI 02917
E-mail:
langlois@bryant.edu
Last
Updated: October 2002