Think you don’t have an impact? Read on to find out how you can make a big difference in the health of our waters. Photo by Amy Humphries.
To stand at the edge of the sea, to sense the ebb and flow of the tides, to feel the breath of a mist moving over a great salt marsh, to watch the flight of shore birds that have swept up and down the surf lines of the continents for untold thousands of years, to see the running of the old eels and the young shad to the sea, is to have knowledge of things that are as nearly eternal as any earthly life can be.
—early environmentalist and author Rachel Carson
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Water Rescue
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