Salt marshes are maybe the most valuable ecosystem we have in the Port Royal Sound. They provide habitat for life in the Sound, and invaluable protection and services to people living across the watershed. Marsh ecosystems rely on the tidal cycle to submerge and expose the mud for periods of time each day, and are continuously adapting to our changing environment. Changing sea levels raise the question of whether marshes can keep their grasses above water.
Port Royal Sound Foundation is working with partners to monitor the elevation of our marshes, changes in vegetation in our marshes, and the condition of marsh shorelines to allow marshes to move and migrate to adapt to changing sea levels.
