The Once and Future Wetlands: Hydrologic Restoration at Two Sites in Coastal North Carolina

The North Carolina Coastal Federation and a dizzying array of partners are restoring hydrology on thousands of acres of ditched and drained agricultural land at two large-scale projects along the state's coast. Through these projects, multiple generations of farmers, fishers, business people, government officials, scientists, and conservationists are revisiting the way they work the land, realizing that wetlands serve vauable economic and environmental functions as the reclamation of these wetlands restore and ensure the productivity of coastal fisheries, farming, and hunting.