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                                                               金斯維爾
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                                                           KINGSVILLEINGSVILLE      LAGUNA MADRE
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                                                                                  PADRE ISLANDADRE ISLAND
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                                                               BAFFIN
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                                                                                              Researchers
                                                                                              研究人員在巴
                                                                                              collect water
             வ˪ঌࢮٙݴਹɰ݊ࡉ௢ʿሀሁٙᐿώቋ                                                               芬灣採集水的
                                                                                              samples in Baffin
               The fragile watershed is also home to busy corri-                              Bay. Rigorous
         ੼Ԑ఼dԨኹϞᔮబٙࡡ͛ಔي͛࿒ӻ୕fԫ                                                                 樣本。包括由
             dors of migratory birds and butterfl ies and rich eco-
                                                                                              monitoring, in-
                                                                                              cluding by citizen
         ྼᗇ׼dவԬಔي̙ঐఱ݊༆ӔவԬѢྤٙԄ                                                                 公民科學家所
             systems of native plant life. Those plants, it turns out,
                                                                                              scientists, has
             may be one small part of the solution to these woes.                             執行的嚴格監
                                                                                              helped identify
         ˙ʘɓ f                                                                                督協助找到可
                                                                                              possible sources
             EFFORTS TO RESTORE BAFFIN BAY BEGAN MORE THAN A                                  能的污染源。
                                                                                              of pollution.
             decade ago when commercial fi shers, recreational an-
         早在 10 多年前,商業漁民、休閒釣魚者、
             glers, guides, other business owners, and scientists
             came together to voice concerns about the degrada-
         ኬ༷eՉ˼Άุ˴ʿ߅ኪ࢕ఱᄁၳɓੀd࿁ᐑ
             tion. Volunteers then embarked on a citizen science
             initiative to test water quality and help identify the
         ྤెʷڌͪᗫʲdˋځᝄٙూԃʈЪ͟Ϥזක
             sources of pollution.
         ҏ࿇fᎇܝdқʈ೯ৎəɓධʮ͏߅ኪࡇᙄd                                                                 Researchers
               The …indings led to a formal watershed protec-
    PHOTOGRAPHS: COURTESY OF HARTE RESEARCH INSTITUTE  ਹڭᚐࠇ೥d˸ʿ˜ҬΫˋځᝄ™(Bringing               研究人員收集
         ಻༊˥ሯԨ՘пᆽ֛Ϯݑ๕f
             tion plan in 2022 and the birth of the Bringing
             Baf…in Back initiative. The plan’s solutions include
                                                                                              collect sediment
             வԬሜݟഐ؈ڮϓə 2022 ϋ͍όٙݴ
                                                                                              cores. Their find-
             large-scale infrastructure projects such as replac-
                                                                                              ings are guiding
             ing failing wastewater treatment plants and aging
                                                                                              efforts to reduce
                                                                                              沉積物。他們
             septic tanks, which can contribute to signi…icant
                                                                                              pollution loading
                                                                                              的發現成果引
         Baffin Back) ࡇᙄٙሖ͛fவධࡇᙄٙ༆Ӕ˙
             bacteria and nutrient loading in the watershed. But
                                                                                              throughout the
             it also looks to nature itself as an antidote. It calls
                                                                                              watershed.
                                                                                              導該流域各地
         ࣩܼ̍ɽۨਿᓾண݄ࠇ೥dԷνӖৰϼᔚٙϮ
             for protecting and restoring wetlands to …ilter water
                                                                                              減少污染物堆
         ˥ஈଣᅀʿʷᐰϫdவԬண݄̙ঐኬߧݴਹʫ
             naturally and for educating landowners on bene…i-
                                                                                              積的行動。
             cial soils and vegetation in riparian, or transitional,
         ୚ഽʿᐄቮيሯၾ˚ࡆᄣfШ̴ɰഹ଻׵ᜫɽ
             zones to act as a protective barrier between devel-
             oped land and bodies of water.
         І್͉ԒЪމطᓹԄᖹf̴խᝫڭᚐʿܨూ᐀
               Going a step further, the plan encourages smaller
         ή˸І್ཀᓩ˥ሯdԨ઺ԃή˴Ϟᗫئ֦੭א
             efforts that, if scaled up, could have a real impact
             too. One of those initiatives is led by a highly moti-
         ཀನਜʕϞूٙɺᘎʿಔ஗ٝᗆdԴՉЪމʊ
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