salt marsh
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She said it would previously have been a "lush salt marsh" full of plants which would have attracted animals and, in turn, humans - possibly for fishing or hunting.
From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026
EDF then suggested a plan to flood 1,500 acres of nearby coast to create a salt marsh breeding ground to offset any fish death.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
The Refuge contains multitudes — specifically salt marsh, mud flats, freshwater wetlands and streams amid temperate and old-growth forests, grasslands, coastal dunes and beach coastline.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 10, 2024
What was once a landfill is now home to a large sports field, an ecological salt marsh, a dog run, a boardwalk, manicured lawns and Manhattan’s first public beach.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2023
For the first time he took in what that small band of redcoats, so close to the salt marsh, was about.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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