National Capital Region Network Resource Brief: Long-Term Monitoring Reveals Challenges and Resilience at Kenilworth Marsh and Kingman Lake
Schmit J, Nortrup M, Tait N. 2023. National Capital Region Network Resource Brief: Long-Term Monitoring Reveals Challenges and Resilience at Kenilworth Marsh and Kingman Lake. National Park Service
Faced with threats like sea level rise and erosion, the freshwater tidal wetlands of Kenilworth Marsh and Kingman Lake in National Capital Parks-East may have challenges ahead. Scientists with the Inventory and Monitoring Program collected and analyzed marsh elevation data from 2006 to 2019 to determine how the ecosystem is weathering these changes.
- Type
- Resource Brief
- Authors
- Schmit, John Paul; Nortrup, Megan; Tait, Nicholas
- Date of Issue
- 2023-03
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- KEAQ , NACE , NCR , NCRN
- Keywords
- Anacostia River, freshwater tidal marsh, I&M, Inventory & Monitoring, Kenilworth Marsh, Kingman Lake, marsh elevation, National Capital Parks-East, NCRN, sea level rise, SET, tidal marsh, Water Brief, wetlands