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97 PHOTOGRAPHS BY W. JONES (TOP LEFT), BY JERRY MONKMAN (TOP CENTER AND TOP RIGHT), BY ELISE SINAGRA (BOTTOM) The marshes protect homes and farms and offer recreation such as bird- watching and kayaking. Tom O'Shea (right) is the program director for Coast and Natural Resources for the Trustees, and Russ Hopping is the Ecology program director for the Trustees. threat of rising sea levels at its properties and surrounding lands. Anecdotal evidence of increased flooding in public accessways, property damage, and changes to salt marsh vegetation prompted e Trustees to conduct an extensive coastal vulnerability assessment in partnership with e Woods Hole Group in 2017—the first of its kind by a statewide conservation nonprofit. e assessment projected that after the year 2030, sea level rise will rapidly escalate changes in the salt marsh's ecosystem. at's why e Trustees and its partners are acting now to restore the Great Marsh— before it's too late to reverse the damage and the region becomes even more vulnerable to coastal flooding and ecosystem changes. "It's going to be harder and harder to help these ecosystems adapt if we don't act soon," O'Shea says. "e salt marshes need our help." thetrustees.org