Sea-level rise and erosion are threatening South Carolina’s nearly 350,000 acres of salt marsh, among the highest acreage on the East Coast.
To combat the threats, the South Atlantic Salt Marsh Initiative, headed by Pew Charitable Trusts, launched a regional effort spanning from North Carolina to Florida to protect a 1 million-acre tract of salt marsh, comparable to the size of the Grand Canyon National Park.
“We are in a good position where we have healthy, intact salt marsh,” said Lora Clarke, Pew Charitable Trusts senior officer of U.S. conservation. “But we also have a chance now to save it and make sure future generations also have access to this salt marsh, because the decisions we make now will last forever.”…