To: U.S. National Park Service, The United States House of Representatives, and The United States Senate
Save Dyke Marsh
Please support funding for the full restoration of Dyke Marsh. A restored marsh can provide more protection against flooding, better buffer storm surges, enhance water quality, and provide more recreational, educational, and scientific opportunities for people and more habitat for plants and wildlife.
Why is this important?
In 1959, the U.S. Congress designated Dyke Marsh as part of the National Park system, "so that fish and wildlife development and their preservation as wetland wildlife habitat shall be paramount."
These wetlands provide crucial habitat to migratory and resident waterfowl and other birds, as well as numerous other animals and plants.
Dyke Marsh, along the Potomac River in the Alexandria section of Fairfax County, Virginia, has lost at least 100 acres since 1937 and continues to lose 1.5 to 2 acres a year. According to a U.S. Geological Survey study, Dyke Marsh could disappear completly.
These wetlands provide crucial habitat to migratory and resident waterfowl and other birds, as well as numerous other animals and plants.
Dyke Marsh, along the Potomac River in the Alexandria section of Fairfax County, Virginia, has lost at least 100 acres since 1937 and continues to lose 1.5 to 2 acres a year. According to a U.S. Geological Survey study, Dyke Marsh could disappear completly.