Salt marshes are pretty.  Salt marshes occur where the land meets the sea, usually behind an estuary or sound and only on the coasts  Estuary-where.

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Salt marshes are pretty

 Salt marshes occur where the land meets the sea, usually behind an estuary or sound and only on the coasts  Estuary-where freshwater and saltwater mix Ex) Chesapeake Bay, Winyah Bay

Why should you care?!?!  South Carolina has the most marsh acreage of any other Atlantic coast state (344,500 acres of salt marsh)  Among the most productive ecosystems and contain unique types of plants and animals that can’t be found anywhere else

 They also contain specific types of plants because they need to be salt-tolerant and they are regularly exposed to wet and dry conditions since the marsh is influenced by the tides

Benefits  Nursery grounds  Refuge from predation  Recreational area for fisherman  Storm buffer  What else can they buffer against??

Benefits

The Problem  Marshes have been filled in or dredged in order to create more land  Over half of the population has moved towards the coastal areas, which has increased pollution and runoff to our coastal ecosystems

 What will you see when we go to the salt marsh?!?!?  We will be constructing our own salt marshes on Monday so pay attention to the different parts and characteristics of a salt marsh 