the language of the wetlands

 

I come to my wetlands because it speaks a language I know. The winds, the ripples, all the sounds make up a language. My mother feared she lost her Yiddish. I fear that I cannot communicate this wetlands language as well as I would like to. But there are others that do and I take heart that I am part of a movement of people that know these sounds and know the words and poetry, the testimonials, and solemn odes, the doggerels and shanties, the rhyming couplets, and the lines of melodies that make up the language of the wetlands, the lands that bring water and an abundance of life with them.   – from bird dreams, riding hope.  You can access bird dreams  at https://amzn.to/3F5N7No. Thanks for your support.

 

https://bit.ly/3HuONB6 - Pew reports - “Coastal wetlands—which include seagrass beds, salt marshes, and mangrove forests—are some of the most biologically diverse areas on Earth. Despite their importance, these habitats have experienced steep declines worldwide. However, those trends are changing because of myriad factors. At a global scale, human-caused mangrove destruction declined 73% from 2000 to 2016 because of added protections. Mangroves are also now colonizing areas created by sediment from inland deforestation that rivers carry and deposit near or along the coast. And shifts in coastlines resulting from sea-level rise might create more places for mangroves to expand. Although mangrove losses are likely to continue in Southeast Asia, expansion elsewhere could soon stabilize the global area of mangrove forests.  Additionally, China—home to the fourth-largest wetland area in the world—is increasing efforts to protect and restore its coastal areas, rivers, and floodplain lakes. Through its international development goals and the extent and pace of its wetland conservation efforts, China could influence coastal wetland conservation at a global scale.”