After the museum’s quick annual meeting, we will be welcoming Callista Macpherson, Research Assistant with the Buzzards Bay Coalition. Callista will be speaking about her work monitoring some of our salt marshes. The event is on May 15 from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm. Please RSVP at www.marionmuseum.org.
Existing at the interface of land and sea, salt marshes are as vital as they are complex and dynamic. Driven by a number of biological, physical, and chemical processes, understanding what makes up a salt marsh, is not always as clear as understanding the services they provide. Salt marshes support communities from the local to global level by providing critical wildlife habitat, continuous carbon storage, and coastal infrastructure protection. However, salt marshes, and the services they provide, are threatened by legacy impacts and complex modern stressors.
Join Callista Macpherson from Buzzards Bay Coalition as she discusses what defines a salt marsh and the ongoing efforts to protect and restore them.