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Work to Save ‘Drowning’ Scotch Bonnet Marshes Progresses

Photo credit: Benjamin Hall
A worker carries a sediment barrier into the marshes at Scotch Bonnet Island.

By Vince Conti

STONE HARBOR – The Scotch Bonnet Marsh Enhancement Project now underway is an attempt to build up low-lying marsh areas that are quite literally drowning. For many areas of New Jersey marshland, sea level rise has transformed marsh areas into mud flats and open water.

The Scotch Bonnet Island project is part of the ongoing efforts undertaken by the Seven Mile Island Innovation Laboratory, a partnership of the Philadelphia District of the Army Corps of Engineers, the state, the Wetlands Institute and the Army Corps’ Engineer Research and Development Center.

Vince Conti

Reporter

vconti@cmcherald.com

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Vince Conti is a reporter for the Cape May County Herald.

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