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CHRISTI
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69E C CORPUSORPUS BAY MUSTANG ISLANDUSTANG ISLAND
358 野馬島
C CHRISTIHRISTI
聖體市
金斯維爾
K
KINGSVILLEINGSVILLE LAGUNA MADRE
LAGUNA MADRE
馬德雷瀉湖
PADRE ISLANDADRE ISLAND
P 帕德里島
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薩里塔
巴芬灣
SARITAARITA 69E
S
BAFFIN
BAFFIN
BAY
BAY
Researchers
研究人員在巴
collect water
வ˪ঌࢮٙݴਹɰ݊ࡉʿሀሁٙᐿώቋ 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
ྼᗇdவԬಔي̙ঐఱ݊༆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˴ʿ߅ኪఱᄁၳɓੀd࿁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 ਹڭᚐࠇd˸ʿҬΫˋځᝄ(Bringing 研究人員收集
༊˥ሯԨпᆽ֛Ϯݑ๕f
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
ࣩܼ̍ɽۨਿᓾண݄ࠇdԷνӖৰϼᔚٙϮ
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˚ࡆᄣfШ̴ɰഹᜫɽ
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˥ሯdԨԃή˴Ϟᗫئ֦੭א
efforts that, if scaled up, could have a real impact
too. One of those initiatives is led by a highly moti-
ཀನਜʕϞूٙɺᘎʿಔٝᗆdԴՉЪމʊ
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