Identifying salt patches and marsh with field data and machine-learning algorithm

$4 million project aims to bring back CT salt marshes

Jessica Canizares of The Nature Conservancy monitors an area of salt marsh at Rock Neck State Park. (Brian Scott-Smith / WSHU)The Nature Conservancy of Connecticut has unveiled its $4 million plan to transform and restore marshes and an estuary at Rocky Neck State Park.The environmental group will work with the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and other agencies over the next three years to understand why the marshes are d…

Identifying salt patches and marsh with field data and machine-learning algorithm

Salty soils are causing reduced crop density, lower yields and barren lands unable to sustain crop growth. Sea level rise, intense storm surges and the overextraction of groundwater are driving this increasing salinity in coastal farmlands throughout the Delmarva region.