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San Dieguito Lagoon Restoration Project Will Convert 84 Acres of Wetlands

/in , /by /SD Today by Monica Garske

SANDAG crews continue to work on the San Dieguito Lagoon Restoration project in Del Mar, which will convert 84 acres — or approximately 63 football fields — of former agricultural fields to saltwater wetlands.

Let’s dredge up the project’s goals and progress for the portion of the lagoon system east of Interstate 5 at El Camino Real and Villa De La Valle known as W-19.

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Researchers Exploring How San Diego County Wetlands Can Be Part of Climate-Saving Strategies

/in , , /by /The San Diego Union Tribuneby Deborah Sullivan Brennan

Buried in San Diego County’s lagoons are centuries worth of carbon, cached in muddy stockpiles that scientists say could help combat climate change. Recently, scientists with the conservation organization Wildcoast and Scripps Institution of Oceanography started studying how much carbon coastal wetlands can capture, and how to restore these environments to boost that capacity.

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