Marsh migration project at Dodge Paddock explored in article

Volunteers from the Avalonia Land Conservancy move a shad bush into place for planting at the Dodge Paddock Beal Preserve in Stonington on May 3 as part of a restoration and living shoreline project with Connecticut Sea Grant. — Volunteers from the Avalonia Land Conservancy move a shad bush into place for planting at the Dodge Paddock Beal Preserve in Stonington on May 3 as part of a the project with Connecticut Sea Grant. Juliana Barrett / Connecticut Sea Grant

The two-year project at Dodge Paddock Beal Preserve in Stonington Borough is the subject of an article published in the December 2020 issue of the Journal of Extension, titled, “Moving with the Marsh: Encouraging Property Owner Adaptation to Marsh Migration.”

Written by Connecticut Sea Grant’s Juliana Barrett, extension educator and coastal habitat specialist, and Nancy Balcom, associate director and senior extension educator, the article describes how the creation of a marsh migration buffer at the preserve is an example of a local climate adaptation technique, and suggests that similar strategies can be applied elsewhere.

This article, which is shared with permission from the Journal of Extension, can be found here.

Full citation: “Moving with the Marsh: Encouraging Property Owner Adaptation to Marsh Migration,” by Barrett, Juliana and Balcom, Nancy; Copyright © by Extension Journal, Inc. ISSN 1077-5315; 2020 Journal of Extension, Volume 58 Number 6.