SASMI Plan
The SASMI Plan is the pathway to the protection, restoration and migration of this great expanse of salt marsh. It reflects the culmination of two years of intensive study, dialogue, and deliberations. This includes understanding that while each of the four SASMI states faces many of the same challenges, these challenges likely vary in severity and extent at the state and local levels. Therefore, achieving landscape-scale success with the regional plan will necessitate a tailored approach to the plan’s implementation that is formulated in partnership and coordination with agencies and other partners at the state and local levels. The strategies included in the plan are intended to be a road map for elected officials, state and federal agencies, communities, NGOs, academic partners and others to work together to ensure the long-term abundance, health and resilience of this vital natural resource.
MARSH FORWARD! A Regional Plan for the Future of the South Atlantic Coast’s Million-Acre Salt Marsh Ecosystem
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SASMI Region
News
Deputy Secretary of Commerce visits Lowcountry
8/28/24
U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves recently visited the lowcountry community of Rosemont to learn how grant dollars will be used to support marsh restoration in 5 historically underserved communities.
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Twenty-Seven New Projects Will Advance Habitat Restoration and Climate Resilience Priorities of Tribes and Underserved Communities
8/22/24
NOAA is recommending more than $45 million in funding for 27 new projects that will advance the coastal habitat restoration and climate resilience priorities of tribes and underserved communities. Selected projects will support community-driven habitat restoration and build the capacity of tribes and underserved communities to participate in restoration and coastal resilience activities more fully.
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Gregorie Neck: Victory for conservation and military readiness
8/22/24
Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Beaufort, the Department of the Navy (DoN), The Nature Conservancy (TNC), and the Open Land Trust (OLT), announce the permanent protection of the 4,409-acre Gregorie Neck tract located in Jasper County, S.C.
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States Improve How They Assess Coastal Wetlands’ Impacts to Reduce Climate Pollution
8/20/24
As coastal states grapple with the best nature-based solutions to reduce the effects of climate change on their residents and economies, organizations are developing tools to help assess and quantify the role that “blue carbon” habitats play in this effort.
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Losing Ground: Mother Nature is no match for the Atlantic's rising waters
7/30/24
This article summarizes the reality of the challenges our marshes face in the southeast, with coasts succumbing to sea level rise faster than previously thought. Case studies at Cape Romain and Waccamaw NWRs show the differences that vegetation and sediment accretion can make and underpin the importance of SASMI's mission to conserve coastline-stabilizing marsh.
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EPA awards $421 million to multistate-nonprofit coalition
7/22/24
The Environmental Protection Agency announced a $421 million grant for a coalition that includes SASMI partner North Carolina Coastal Federation, as well as The Nature Conservancy and organizations in South Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland. The grant will support conservation and restoration projects for peatland wetlands, coastal habitats, and forests that reduce carbon emissions and make communities more resilient to natural hazards.
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