Levka<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EelGrass" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EelGrass</span></a></p><p>"“They're a nursery habitat — a lot of young fish and crustaceans and other organisms grow up in them,” he said. “If we don't have seagrasses, we don't have bay scallops at all in these ecosystems.”</p><p>Eelgrass also protects against coastal erosion, Long said. The meadows absorb some of the energy from waves before they hit the coast, and the plants' roots help stabilize mud and sand in coastal bays. Plus, they help keep climate-changing carbon out of the atmosphere by storing it in sediment.</p><p>(. . .)</p><p>But this critical plant is in decline. If scientists can't find a way to help eelgrass flourish, the results could hurt fishermen and coastal communities."</p><p><a href="https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/01/16/massachusetts-eelgrass-seagrass-climate-change-new-england-carbon" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wbur.org/news/2025/01/16/massa</span><span class="invisible">chusetts-eelgrass-seagrass-climate-change-new-england-carbon</span></a></p>
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DoomsdaysCW<p>Fight to save <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PugetSound" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PugetSound</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KelpBed" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>KelpBed</span></a> underscores NW <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/habitat" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>habitat</span></a> challenges</p><p>July 25, 2024</p><p>"The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WashingtonState" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WashingtonState</span></a> Department of Natural Resources and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SquaxinIslandTribe" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SquaxinIslandTribe</span></a> have announced a partnership to conserve the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SquaxinIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SquaxinIsland</span></a> Kelp Bed, the last major kelp bed in South Puget Sound.</p><p>"DNR and the Squaxin Island Tribe will work to surround the kelp bed with a priority habitat zone, try to reduce <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>environmental</span></a> stresses to improve the kelp bed’s health, and partner with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PugetSoundRestorationFund" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PugetSoundRestorationFund</span></a> on future <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/restoration" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>restoration</span></a> projects, according to a news release.</p><p>"Since 2013, DNR and Squaxin Island staff have seen a 97% decline in the kelp bed, which holds both ecological and cultural significance. In <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oregon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Oregon</span></a>, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/coastline" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>coastline</span></a> lost more than two-thirds of its canopy of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BullKelp" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BullKelp</span></a>.</p><p>"'We recognize how important it is to protect this critical resource,' said <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KrisPeters" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>KrisPeters</span></a>, Squaxin Island Tribe chairman, in a statement. '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Squaxins" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Squaxins</span></a> can’t do it alone; it takes us all coming together as partners. That is why this local inter-governmental agreement is so important and monumental.'</p><p>"The Squaxin Island Kelp Bed is the first habitat DNR is prioritizing in its statewide <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KelpForest" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>KelpForest</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Eelgrass" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Eelgrass</span></a> Meadow Health and Conservation Plan, which state legislation directed DNR to hatch in response to the loss of bull kelp and eelgrass on the Washington coastline.</p><p>"The plan’s goal is to conserve and restore at least 10,000 acres of kelp forest and eelgrass meadow habitat by 2040.</p><p>"Restoration efforts will initially focus on three pilot sub-basins: South Puget Sound, the Eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca and Grays Harbor. As DNR works toward its 10,000-acre goal, it intends to explore conservation and recovery in all sub-basins, according to DNR’s website.</p><p>"'Squaxin people have been stewarding these waters and lands for thousands of years,' Peters said in a statement. '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KelpBeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>KelpBeds</span></a> have also been stewarding these waters for thousands of years, providing nourishment and a critical ecosystem for the many plants, animals, and fish of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SalishSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SalishSea</span></a>.'"</p><p><a href="https://www.oregonlive.com/environment/2024/07/fight-to-save-puget-sound-kelp-bed-underscores-nw-habitat-challenges.html?outputType=amp" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">oregonlive.com/environment/202</span><span class="invisible">4/07/fight-to-save-puget-sound-kelp-bed-underscores-nw-habitat-challenges.html?outputType=amp</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Northwest" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Northwest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandBack" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LandBack</span></a><br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeKnowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NativeKnowledge</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousKnowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IndigenousKnowledge</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>conservation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sustainability</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/decolonization" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>decolonization</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PacificNorthwest" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PacificNorthwest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PNW" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PNW</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>environmental</span></a><br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousLedProject" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IndigenousLedProject</span></a><br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/reclamation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>reclamation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/decolonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>decolonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Restoration" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Restoration</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Landback" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Landback</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Rewilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Rewilding</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RestoreNature" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RestoreNature</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Salish" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Salish</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Half of all <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/eelgrass" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>eelgrass</span></a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CascoBay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CascoBay</span></a> has died within last four years, experts say </p><p>Eelgrass, according to Friends of Casco Bay, is home to juvenile lobster and fish. Without eelgrass, much of Maine's seafood economy loses its base, they said.</p><p>By Jack Molmud<br />March 29, 2023 </p><p>SOUTH PORTLAND, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Maine</span></a> — According to a report from Friends of Casco Bay, 54 percent of all eelgrass meadows in Casco Bay have died off since 2018. </p><p>"This comes as the 2022 to 2023 winter saw water temps reach four degrees above average.</p><p>"'My first response was it's heartbreaking,' Will Everitt, the executive director of Friends of Casco Bay said. 'My second response was now is the time we have to do more than ever to protect the bay.'</p><p>"Everitt said eelgrass is dying due to a combination of consequences from the warm water.</p><p>"Warm water attracts more invasive <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GreenCrabs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GreenCrabs</span></a>, which cut the eelgrass and eat softshell crabs, he said. This disturbs the naturally-occurring species, he said.</p><p>"'When we have a really cold winter it can kill back the green crabs,' Everitt said.</p><p>"He added a warm winter won't kill as many green crabs, allowing them to reproduce and spawn more green crabs for summer and fall.</p><p>"'The loss of this is tragic and could have a huge impact on our coastal waters,' Everitt said.</p><p>"Everitt added the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WarmingOceans" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WarmingOceans</span></a> in Maine also result in more frequent <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AlgaeBlooms" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AlgaeBlooms</span></a>, which prevent the eelgrass from accessing proper sunlight to grow.</p><p>"Fewer eelgrass meadows mean fewer lobsters in inshore waters, he added.</p><p>"'A number of critters in the bay depend on this... the warming waters are going to do a number on this if it continues,' Everitt said.</p><p>"If the situation continues to worsen, Everitt suggested experts would recommend planting eelgrass from more southern states so that subspecies can handle the warmer temperatures Maine is set to experience."</p><p><a href="https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/tech/science/environment/half-of-all-eelgrass-in-casco-bay-has-died-in-the-last-four-years-experts-say-environment-climate-maine-science/97-addbbefc-8513-4860-9289-52e4250299fc" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newscentermaine.com/article/te</span><span class="invisible">ch/science/environment/half-of-all-eelgrass-in-casco-bay-has-died-in-the-last-four-years-experts-say-environment-climate-maine-science/97-addbbefc-8513-4860-9289-52e4250299fc</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FriendsOfCascoBay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FriendsOfCascoBay</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaltMarshes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SaltMarshes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveTheWetlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SaveTheWetlands</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EelGrass" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EelGrass</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveTheWetlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SaveTheWetlands</span></a><br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveTheMarshes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SaveTheMarshes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectNature" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ProtectNature</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NewEngland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NewEngland</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GulfOfMaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GulfOfMaine</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Maine</span></a>’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaltMarshes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SaltMarshes</span></a> are at risk of disappearing, from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RisingSeaLevels" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RisingSeaLevels</span></a> and much more</p><p>A University of Maine analysis suggests a significant portion of them could be gone by the end of the century, without a lot of human intervention.</p><p>Posted July 28, 2024<br />Kate CoughMaine Monitor</p><p>Wetland loss may be “difficult to reverse”</p><p>"For much of American history, the marsh has often been considered more of an impediment than an asset; something to be filled, ditched, dug and bulldozed into something more useful. </p><p>"More than half of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wetlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>wetlands</span></a> that existed at the start of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RevolutionaryWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RevolutionaryWar</span></a> are gone, according to estimates from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service — much of them altered by farming, but also lost to houses, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StripMalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>StripMalls</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/marinas" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>marinas</span></a> and other <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/development" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>development</span></a>." </p><p>Full article:<br /><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/sinking-in-saltwater-maine-s-coastal-marshes-at-risk-as-sea-levels-rise/ar-BB1qLlWF" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msn.com/en-us/money/markets/si</span><span class="invisible">nking-in-saltwater-maine-s-coastal-marshes-at-risk-as-sea-levels-rise/ar-BB1qLlWF</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EelGrass" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EelGrass</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveTheWetlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SaveTheWetlands</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveTheMarshes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SaveTheMarshes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectNature" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ProtectNature</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NewEngland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NewEngland</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SearsIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SearsIsland</span></a>: The Answer to Green Energy, Or Home to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Biodiverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Biodiverse</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Wildlife</span></a>?</p><p>by Freyja Grey<br />Jul 16, 2024 </p><p>"The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wabanaki" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Wabanaki</span></a> people indigenous to the area named Sears Island <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wassumkeag" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Wassumkeag</span></a>, or Shining Beach. The tribes used the island to hunt and fish for centuries.</p><p>"McCarthy said, 'They've been documented archeologically to have had a presence here for at least thirty-five hundred years.... There's a bio-regional perspective that considers all the relations: the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>insects</span></a>, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/grasses" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>grasses</span></a>, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/trees" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>trees</span></a>, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/eelgrass" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>eelgrass</span></a>, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>birds</span></a>, the critters that roam these woods — if you really want to speak for Sears Island, it's incumbent, not just for poets and photographers and old hippies, it's incumbent for all of us to be mindful of all that is happening here.'</p><p>"McCarthy said he gets why the island is an attractive place for development. 'We're in a time where wind energy is important,' he said. 'We need to find green sources of power, but the narrowness of that human perspective needs to be challenged.'</p><p>"Both McCarthy and Lawless join the group <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FriendsOfSearsIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FriendsOfSearsIsland</span></a> in maintaining that <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MackPoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MackPoint</span></a> is better situated for development. </p><p>"Even though 600 acres of the island are protected by a conservation easement, industrial disruption to the peaceful island could lead to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>environmental</span></a> impacts that may not be fully realized until after development, according to McCarthy."</p><p>Read more:<br /><a href="https://www.freepressonline.com/news/sears-island-the-answer-to-green-energy-or-home-to-biodiverse-wildlife/article_b9f01324-3ed0-11ef-8f73-2f4dbf7e4a56.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">freepressonline.com/news/sears</span><span class="invisible">-island-the-answer-to-green-energy-or-home-to-biodiverse-wildlife/article_b9f01324-3ed0-11ef-8f73-2f4dbf7e4a56.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveSearsIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SaveSearsIsland</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectNature" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ProtectNature</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WednesdaysForWildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WednesdaysForWildlife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Maine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WindTurbines" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WindTurbines</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WindPort" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WindPort</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Maine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PenobscotBay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PenobscotBay</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectSearsIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ProtectSearsIsland</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTheForest" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ProtectTheForest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTheDunes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ProtectTheDunes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WindTerminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WindTerminal</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SandDunes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SandDunes</span></a><br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectWahsumkik" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ProtectWahsumkik</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EndangeredSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EndangeredSpecies</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GovernorJanetMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GovernorJanetMills</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GreenEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GreenEnergy</span></a></p>
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