Northshore magazine showcases the best that the North Shore of Boston, MA has to offer.
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NORTHSHOREMAG.COM 52 SEPTEMBER 2020 On a clear summer day at Old Town Hill in Newbury, waves of green marsh grass bend in the breeze, tidal waters glint in the sun, and saltmarsh sparrows flitter away from rising tides. On even a casual viewing, it is clearly a charmed place. What can't be seen so easily, however, is the essential role Old Town Hill plays as part of the 25,000-acre Great Marsh. Stretching from western Gloucester to southern New Hampshire, the Great Marsh is the largest continuous salt marsh system in New England. It helps protect the coast from the impacts of rising sea levels, it is home to rare birds and tasty shellfish, it filters pollutants from groundwater, sequesters carbon from the air, and it offers almost endless opportunities for exploring by land and by water. I N - D E P T H A view of the marsh in the height of summer. It is home to a variety of birds as well as shellfish. Below, Waterways meander though the marsh. PHOTOGRAPHS, TOP TO BOTTOM BY PAUL MOZELL/ALAMY, COURTESY OF TRUSTEES