Photos: Bryan Stokes
The Salt Marsh In Peril
The Saltmarsh Sparrow (SALS) has often been referred to as the "Canary in the Coal Mine" for rising sea levels due to global warming. It has successfully built nests only an inch above the ground for thousands of years. This species is dependent upon healthy salt marshes on the east coast of the US. Since the 1990s, 75% of the population has been lost. It lives nowhere else in the world, and could become extinct by 2040, due to flooding and habitat loss. Learn more about our project to study this threatened species.
News
New feature article by Joel Eckerson on visits of Nelson's Sparrows to Jacobs Point.
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The Saltmarsh Sparrow Research Initiative is having its most productive year since the initiative began its work at the Jacob’s Point salt marsh in 2017. Here is a brief update on this summer's work.
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SSRI Research Highlighted in New Article by Todd McLeish
Our research work at Jacob's Point and the plight of the Saltmarsh Sparrow is the focus of a recent article by Todd McLeish in EcoRI News.
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In honor of his wife, Martha Jane Tebbenkamp, who passed away in August of 2019, Bill Reinert, brother of SSRI co-director Steve Reinert, has donated $1,500 to the Saltmarsh Sparrow Research Initiative... More details.
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Read our latest full report:
2017/2018 Interim Results
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