Understanding salt marsh ecology with the Marion Natural History Museum

MARION — The Marion Natural History Museum will be welcoming Callista Macpherson, Research Assistant with the Buzzards Bay Coalition to speak about her work monitoring saltmarshes.

The event is on May 15 from 5 to 6 p.m. The event is free to attend. RSVP at www.marionmuseum.org.

Existing at the interface of land and sea, salt marshes are vital, complex and dynamic. 

Driven by a number of biological, physical and chemical processes, understanding what makes up a salt marsh, is not always as clear as understanding the services they provide. 

Salt marshes support communities from the local to global level by providing critical wildlife habitat, continuous carbon storage and coastal infrastructure protection. 

However, salt marshes, and the services they provide, are threatened by legacy impacts and complex modern stressors.

Join Macpherson as she discusses what defines a salt marsh and the ongoing efforts to protect and restore them.