Today the South Atlantic Salt Marsh Initiative (SASMI) released a plan to enhance the long-term abundance, health and resilience of the approximately 1 million acres of salt marshes within the South Atlantic states! Read more here: marshforward.org Pew Environment

Science from USGS was used to inform a new #MarshFoward plan to develop coastal adaptation strategies for million-acre #SaltMarsh ecosystem in the South Atlantic US–-an area the size of the Grand Canyon. ow.ly/P06U50OqmZW #SASMI #AmericanWetlandsMonth #WetlandsMonth

The Department of Defense 🇺🇸 is joining forces with U.S. South Atlantic communities and leaders to help protect salt marshes for the sake of national security. Here’s how: marshforward.org/media/4bvhppi3… #MarshForward #SASMI

Happy #NationalRiversMonth! U.S. rivers provide: 🐟 Critical habitat 🚰 Clean drinking water 🛡 Climate change resilience …and more. Here’s a look at a few rivers that communities are working to restore and protect, or have recently protected. 👇 🧵

Big win: A new collaboration is advancing climate change resiliency along the Chesapeake Bay—the nation’s largest estuary. pew.org/3O4iQW3

📢 Funding Opportunity! @‌NOAA is offering the Climate Resilience Regional Challenge program to fund collaborative approaches to coastal resilience. Learn more and submit your letter of intent by August 21. 🔗 coast.noaa.gov/funding/ira/re… 📸 Alan Cressler, USGS

I’m glad to see this partnership between Virginia and @DeptofDefense. The recognition of climate security as a national security issue through the Sentinel Landscapes Partnership can help make important strides in land conservation. pew.org/3O2dquO

Following the coastline from the FL-GA state line to Brevard County, check out a few of the coastal restoration projects underway by the St. Johns River Water Management District in this interactive story. #KeepFLWild storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/e4d0f6…

"A new national framework and leadership would be a big step forward in streamlining how the federal government funds and supports state and local disaster resilience programs and projects and improving how different levels of government collaborate." thehill.com/opinion/energy…

“[The South Atlantic Salt Marsh Initiative] gives me hope that we can meet the challenges of our day—chief of them is sea level rise. If we don’t take action for salt marshes, we may not have them [in the future].” —Our Cameron Jaggard 👉pew.org/4004pqp

Just as we need safe passage, so do wildlife.

California is home to some of the country’s most diverse public lands, and the state has made significant strides in conserving these beautiful places. This is a helpful look at conservation strategies that can protect the future of these lands and rivers. pewtrusts.org/en/research-an…

What do rivers do for you? (A lot)

Thanks Jennifer Browning for a great primer on Pew's multifaceted approach to conservation in the US! #climate #biodiversity #resilience pewtrusts.org/en/research-an…

Fact: Up to ⅓ of South Atlantic tidal wetlands could be lost by 2060 due to sea level rise alone. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’ Dan Chapman explains why so many are working to conserve and restore these essential yet quickly disappearing ecosystems. pew.org/498MGjr

For millennia, Indigenous communities in the U.S. have stewarded their lands and waters. Last year, three West Coast Tribal nations made history by designating the first Indigenous Marine Stewardship Area in the U.S. pew.org/3WX6mV2

Communities across the U.S. are experiencing hotter, longer, and more frequent heat waves. Fortunately, the federal government and many state governments are taking action. pew.org/4bC9lFX

Progress: An updated management plan for a 250,000-acre estuary reserve could help protect Florida’s long-beleaguered Apalachicola Bay and its oysters. The Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve can help us conserve and study this ecosystem. pew.org/3B3180Q

Is this the year? Fishing buddies angling for Florida to finally breach dam and restore Ocklawaha | Opinion jacksonville.com/story/news/col… via Florida Times-Union and Mark Woods

The Florida Legislature convenes next week to consider a long overdue restoration of the Ocklawaha River. Local leaders are urging lawmakers to act: publicnewsservice.org/2025-05-27/env…