| The US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) will apply a thin-layer of sediment over 10 acres of existing low salt marsh habitat on the Seal Beach NWR, with the hope of documenting the effectiveness of this strategy in combating sea level rise, while also improving quality of cordgrass-dominated salt marsh habitat to support the federally endangered light-footed Ridgway's rail (formerly known as the light-footed clapper rail). The Service will monitor the physical and ecological responses of the marsh for a period of five years, and results will be shared with Federal, State, and local agencies, land managers, and others to assist in developing sea level rise adaptation strategies. |