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| Seagrass Habitats are in
CRISIS. There is a current
URGENT and
CRITICAL situation where, what
we dearly love, our coastal waters and its
seagrass habitats…DESPERATELY
need our help….and WE
can make a difference…to help restore
and enhance the growth of one of the most
productive natural environments on our planet…
Seagrass is critically injured and
WE need to help the recovery
of our critical seagrass habitats. Over a
billion people live within 30 miles of seagrass
meadows making it a resource that affects us
all and needs to be protected.
Seagrass: • Is the Nursery of the Sea • Provides habitat and sustenance for 70% of all sea life • Purifies the oceans water creating the clear beautiful water • Stabilizes the bottom, and dampens wave and current energy • Supports and protects coral reefs • Is the first line of defense along much of the world's coastlines, intercepting run off pollution that would harm the ocean. • Reduces GLOBAL WARMING • Sequesters much more carbon than terrestrial plants • Provides nutrients for creatures that live in deep ocean canyons • Supports the multi BILLION commercial and recreational fishing and seafood industry • Supports tourism and property tax generation making our coastal waters productive and attractive • Protects the coast by trapping and stabilizing marine sediments actually raising the sea floor. • Dissipates wave energy and shelter the coast from storms. As essential and nurturing as seagrass is, it is also extremely fragile and easily damaged. When seagrass is lost or damaged, so is the marine and human life that is dependent upon it. Seagrass meadows are disappearing and being damaged daily and so too, are the services they provide to us and to all sea life. The best estimate is that we have lost over 25 percent of the seagrass meadow coverage in the ocean in the last four decades. WE HAVE TO BEGIN THE SEAGRASS RECOVERY PROCESS or face unthinkable consequences. One major cause of this damage to seagrass is physical damage from boat propellers and vessel groundings that rip seagrass and its root structure from the bottom and leave a scar that is vulnerable to further erosion and unless they are restored these scars can eventually destroy the whole seagrass bed where the damage occurred. To address this threat, The Ocean Foundation’s RESTORE-A-SCAR program uses innovative seagrass recovery techniques to allow restoration to flourish while we restore and replant these propeller scars and vessel groundings in seagrass beds. These Seagrass recovery techniques halt the expansion of the damage and allowing seagrass to re-colonize over the injury preserving our resource. I ask you to …give what you can… and pay more attention while boating to avoid any future injuries to these essential natural resources. Please…JOIN US…in the recovery of our seagrass beds all around our coastlines and right here in your backyard. With YOUR SUPPORT ... when you …DONATE TO RESTORE-A-SCAR… through donations as little as $10 or as much as you can; Seagrass recovery will be a reality and our future generation will be able to enjoy all of the benefits of the water as we do… Let’s ensure this lifestyle survives… Help support Seagrass Recovery and DONATE to Restore-A-Scar now! Thank you! | ||||||
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