ExploreCoastal Georgia projects on annual list of ‘dirty dozen’ water ... Laura Heusel, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, said the wetland is directly connected to a salt marsh beside Dunbar Creek via ...

As trees choked by saltwater die along low-lying coasts, marshes may move in — for better or worse, scientists are learning.

A Georgia federal judge dismissed the conservationists’ Clean Water Act lawsuit for a second time last year, ruling that the ...

The 247-acre salt marsh, just southeast of the Benicia-Martinez Bridge, will be ready for visitors with miles of public trails, observation points, pedestrian bridges over tidal channels, an ...

The barrier islands off the coast of Georgia are littered with millions of oysters left behind by Indigenous peoples. New research shows they’re still protecting the land.

Salt marshes in South Carolina were estimated to take approximately five years to recover their carbon losses, while Georgia marshes recovered in 17 years and Virginia marshes may never regain ...

Along coastal rivers in southern Georgia, for example, brackish and salt marshes can sequester more carbon than the tidal forests they are replacing. Salt marshes also buffer inland ecosystems ...