To provide better ground cover, alkaligrass was interseeded into the sod. Alkaligrass, or salt grass, is a turfgrass that grows well in wet and saline conditions. Planting alkaligrass would not only ...

The 5,000 plugs of salt marsh grass are being provided by the Florida Department of Natural Resources at a cost of $2,250, Clark said.

And more grass means more trapped sediment, which for the marsh, means improved resiliency. Saltwater marshes throughout New England are threatened by development, pollution and climate change.

AP Photo In this Saturday, July 31, 2010 picture, crude oil coats the bottom stalks of marsh grass at low tide in a cove in Barataria Bay on the coast of Louisiana. By Tamara Dietrich UPDATED ...

The sloughed off grass is pushed into salt marshes. Dr. Randall Hughes and her crew weigh the benefits of seagrass wrack versus its destructive aspect.

Salt marshes cover much of the state of Georgia’s coast and perform key "ecosystem services” for people. They clean the water, protect coastlines against storm surges, and provide a habitat ...

Lukas Wilson of Northeast Wetland Restoration pushes on a wooden stake that holds biodegradable twine, which holds down salt marsh grass that was used to fill an old drainage ditch in the Great ...