The soggy realms between land and ocean known as seacoasts are as varied as the remarkable array of species that inhabit them. Poised between earth and sea, fresh and salt water, the animals and plants in these edge habitats survive through a delicate balancing act. They have evolved over millions of years to thrive amid constantly rising and falling water levels, salt spray from the sea, icy water temperatures, and blistering sun.
Seacoasts are magnets for people too.
Because we like to live near the ocean and build our towns and cities there, the amount of natural shoreline is drastically declining. Your task is to help maintain, or regain, the natural balance of seacoasts through conservation strategies, such as those outlined in the Blue School Program booklet.