Restoring an unsung hero: How eelgrass is making its comeback in Nova Scotia

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Restoring an unsung hero: How eelgrass is making its comeback in Nova Scotia

Researchers, biologists and Indigenous communities are working to bring the plant species—and its benefits to healthy shorelines and carbon storage—back to Nova Scotia’s coastlines. When Trinity Nicholas was a child, she would wade through lush beds of eelgrass off the shores of her home in Pictou County to swim in the warm waters of the Northumberland Strait. Meadows of the green fronds lined the coastline, providing vital habitat for lobsters,…