Depression-era drainage ditches emerge as sleeping threat to Cape Cod salt marshes
Contemporary recreational fishing combines with old WPA project to hasten marsh die-off By Liza Lester, ESA communications officer  CAPE Cod, Massachusetts has a problem. The iconic salt marshes of the famous summer retreat are melting away at the edges, dying back from the most popular recreational areas. The erosion is a consequence of an unexpected synergy between recreational over-fishing…