California Delta's recently restored Dutch Slough tidal marsh

[WB Staff]

"... the recently restored Dutch Slough tidal marsh in east Contra Costa County is already flourishing as a new habitat for fish and wildlife, a living laboratory for scientists and one of the world’s strongest sinks for absorbing and storing carbon long-term..."
"'Wetlands can be very effective, large carbon sinks, but we don’t have a lot of area, there’s limited lines along the river,” Dennis Baldocchi, professor at UC Berkeley’s Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management said. “On the other hand, grasslands and forests are much slower (at storing carbon), but we have hundreds of millions of acres that are available, so we have to almost use both. … We have taken advantage of the best ecosystem that’s appropriate for that landscape.'"
"Scientists estimate that more than 350,000 acres of tule marsh once blanketed the area from Sacramento to Stockton, yet only 2% to 5% of those are left."

https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/09/06/ ... e-species/