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Eastern Neck Salt Marsh Restoration and Monitoring
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Eastern Neck Salt Marsh Restoration
Eastern Neck Salt Marsh Restoration
A unique partnership between the NOAA Restoration Center and the National Aquarium in Baltimore is working to restore a 4-acre unvegetated salt marsh at the Eastern Neck Wildlife Refuge by planting Spartina alterniflora. The project uses cutting edge water quality monitoring technology, extensive community participation in hands on restoration work to conserve vital wetland habitat. The work includes water quality monitoring techniques to monitor for vegetation attributes and for topographical and fisheries use parameters. Volunteers are trained to collect and manage information and provide scientific data for use in evaluating wetland success.
Eastern Neck Salt Marsh Restoration and Monitoring
Eastern Neck Salt Marsh Restoration and Monitoring
Restoration
Volunteers plant a salt marsh plant smooth cordgrass, Spartina alterniflora,at the Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge on Eastern Neck Island, MD.
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The plantings were conducted in different patterns to determine themost successful planting technique. The technique in the foreground isa checkerboard planting, the middle area is unplanted, and the backgroundplanting was done as a continuous planti
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Another view of the different types of planting techniques.
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Dave Meyer sets fyke nets to do a before and after comparison of the site. Thisimage was taken before the planting and shows the collection of nekton in fykenets.
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The Eastern Neck site prepared for planting. The poles represent plantingtreatment designations. The poles with flags indicatetransects that were used for topography and vegetation surveys. In thedistance, rocks were placed to reduce storm wave energ
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Volunteers move planting material to the island.
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Volunteers plant smooth cordgrass, Spartina alterniflora, as part of therestoration work at the Eastern Neck Refuge.
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Volunteers plant smooth cordgrass, Spartina alterniflora, as part of therestoration work at the Eastern Neck Refuge.
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