- Division of Ecological Restoration
The Division of Ecological Restoration (DER) is excited to announce the publication of a new report on salt marsh tidal restoration monitoring.
Together with the Association to Preserve Cape Cod (APCC), DER has published the results of pre- and post-restoration monitoring at eight different salt marsh sites restored between 2002 and 2010. The restoration work at these sites addressed tidal restrictions caused by infrastructure such as berms and undersized culverts that limit tidal flow to upstream salt marshes. APCC evaluated the impact of tidal restoration on these sites and together with DER, they compiled this comprehensive report to detail the results.
Salt marshes are critical coastal systems which offer a wide range of benefits to the ecosystem such as wildlife and fisheries habitat, flood protection, and more. Long-term monitoring like this is critical to understand how salt marsh ecosystems respond to restoration after decades of impairment and to inform how to advance the practice of salt marsh restoration.
