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Happy Estuaries Week! This past spring the Boston Harbor Ecosystem Network (BHEN) and MassBays partnered with the Back River Watershed Association, the Town of Weymouth, and the MA Division of Marine Fisheries (MA DMF) for a tour in the Back River watershed. The Back River’s fringing salt marshes are also part of a coastal system that supports the Weymouth Herring Run, one of the largest herring runs in Massachusetts! The salt marsh habitat faces an uncertain future due to accelerating sea level rise combined with an inability of the marsh to migrate up the steep esker (the tallest in North America.) To maintain the strength of the herring run, the Town of Weymouth, MA DMF, and others continue to seek removal of barriers and improvement of conditions for fish passage in the urban Back River watershed. #nationalestuariesweek2024 #bostonharborecosystemnetwork #massbaysnep #blackriverwatershedassociation #massdivisionofmarinefisheries #weymouthherringrun Photos by Diana Chin: Salt marsh in Great Esker Park and Jackson Square fish ladder and river herring https://lnkd.in/d4XTMYci