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estuary

River mouth widening into the sea, where fresh water mixes with salt water and tidal effects are felt.

Estuaries are extremely rich in life forms and are breeding grounds for thousands of species. Water pollution threatens these ecosystems.



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Grants will be awarded to projects that are community-based and restore marine, estuarine and riparian habitats, including salt marshes, seagrass beds, mangrove forests and freshwater habitats that are important to the viability of salmon, striped bass and other andromous fish (those that spawn in freshwater and migrate into saltwater).
Grants available for sportfish habitat restoration by Parks & Recreation
In the March Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, he reviewed ecotourism's impact on coastal destinations.
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The uses under regulations involved here do not have a deleterious effect on freshwater fish, estuarine organisms, wild birds, or other wildlife.
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