Description: Efficient stewardship of tidal wetlands requires robust comparative assessments of different marshes to understand their resilience to stressors, particularly in the face of relative sea level rise. To address this need, NH Fish and Game and the Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve developed a framework based on three elements of marsh resilience: current condition, vulnerability to sea level rise, and adaptation potential. In collaboration with other agencies and academics, we identified a set of metrics that influence resilience and then calculated a score for each element of resilience as well as an overall resilience score.
Copyright Text: NH Fish and Game Department and the Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve.