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The Measure of a Marsh

December 2018 • Volume 17, Numbers 3 & 4

Despite heat and mosquitoes, Luther Cornish mows his lawn several times a week in the summer to keep the drainage area clear.

Rona Kobell

Smithville Tries to Stem the Tide

Rona Kobell

A few decades ago, this Eastern Shore hamlet had close to 100 residents. Today, only four remain. Economic pressures took their toll on the African-American community established around the time of the Civil War; now, a marsh threatens its historic church and cemetery. With the water coming, can Smithville hold on to its past? more . . .

Nicole Lehming

The Place in Between

Too dry to be bay, too wet to be forest, a marsh is the habitat that couldn’t make up its mind. But out of that indecision grows an ecosystem that’s indispensable to both water and land, and one of our best defenses against sea level rise and a changing climate. more...

Researchers take SET measurements at the Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Maryland, one of seven CBSSC sentinel sites. Photo, Sarah Wilkins

Sarah Wilkins

Seeing Smithville, and Other Places in the Same Boat

With sea level rise, some places will be gone before we ever really had a chance to know them. more . . .

In This Issue. . .

The Measure of a Marsh

Smithville Tries to Stem the Tide

The Place in Between

We SET Our Sites on Collaboration

Churches Take on Climate Change

Meet the Extension Agent

Suds, Scat, and Study

Maryland Sea Grant Interns