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[PAST EVENT] VIMS Wachapreague Public Seminar: Tidal marsh restoration at Poplar Island
Location
VIMS - Seaside Hall (Eastern Shore Laboratory)40 Atlantic Avenue
Wachapreague, VA 23480Map this location
Poplar Island, located in Talbot County in the mid--Chesapeake Bay, has become a national model of environmental restoration. It is the site where an innovative solution for dredged material management is resulting in the restoration of a once vanishing island. The loss of the island and its critical wildlife habitat has been reversed using clean, but nutrient rich, dredged material from the Port of Baltimore?s approach channels. This long term project is providing lessons in successful restoration in eutrophic coastal environments, and in improving resilience of restored tidal marshes to sea level rise. Presented by Lorie Staver, Assistant Research Scientist, UMCES Horn Point, MD.
There is no charge for this presentation. Seating limited to 60 people.
If you would like to access the seminar on your home computer, please go to:
{{http://vims.adobeconnect.com/afterhours, Wachapreague Seminar Webinar}} and log in as a guest at the date-time of the event.
Contact
Linda Ward 757-787-5816