New Hope For New Hampshire’s Great Bay As Towns, Scientists Begin Collaborating On Restoration

Scientists say pollution from nearby towns has helped cause nearly half of the eelgrass coverage in Great Bay to disappear since the mid-1990s.
(Annie Ropeik/NHPR)

After decades of declining water quality, there’s new optimism surrounding the health of Great Bay. A new partnership between towns, scientists and advocacy groups has people thinking for the first time that they might find long-term solutions to restore the estuary.

It will be a boon to ongoing research projects, like one at UNH that’s piloting ways to transplant a crucial underwater plant within the bay.

Eelgrass can be seen across much of the estuary, floating in wavy green tendrils just beneath the water.

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