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Protecting and Restoring Threatened Habitats

Salem Sound Coastwatch monitors and takes action to improve threated habitats throughout the Salem Sound watershed, with multiple programs and initiatives year-round. We are always in need of more volunteers and citizen scientists to join our efforts!

Tree Canopies

Tree canopy cover plays an important role in mitigating the effects of climate change, while providing habitat for local species and beautifying our cities. Learn more about the benefits of tree canopies. 

Tree Canopies

DCR Forestry plants a tree in Salem, Massachusetts.

River Initiatives

Salem Sound’s rivers are affected by stormwater runoff and illicit wastewater discharge. SSCW shares its knowledge with communities, the importance of our rivers, and ways to maintain healthy rivers and brooks.

River Initiatives →

Salt Marsh Monitoring

Two-thirds of the Salem Sound’s salt marshes were lost between 1965 and 1997. Protecting the remaining salt marshes of Salem Sound is critical for the ecological health of the Sound.

Salt Marsh Projects →

SSCW staff takes a survey of the salt marsh at Forest River Park in Salem, Massachusetts

Eelgrass Restoration

On August 2017 the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries (MA DMF) Habitat Team set out for Swampscott Harbor in search of eelgrass. Learn about what we’ve discovered!

Eelgrass Restoration →

A scuba diver surveying an eelgrass bed in Salem Sound

Volunteers make the difference!