1.   Sandbanks and coastal marshes are now clear, as are the variations in the sediment load of the estuarine waters.

2.   And only plants that populate a real coastal marsh grow out of the prefabricated muck.

3.   Coastal marshes are waking up.

4.   Coastal marshes vital to fish, shellfish and waterfowl are imperiled by development, pollution and overdrafted rivers.

5.   Nearly seven years later, delicate coastal marshes that serve as a nursery for shrimp, flounder, crabs and other marine life have not fully recovered.

6.   The California clapper rail once inhabited coastal marshes from Eureka in the north to San Luis Obispo in the south.

7.   The refuge includes grasslands, woods, impenetrable thornbrush and coastal marshes along the Laguna Madre, the fish-rich waters between the Texas mainland and Padre Island.

8.   There have been scattered swarms of the salt-water mosquitoes that breed in coastal marshes whenever high tide comes.

9.   They were found guilty of deliberately polluting coastal marshes and waterways around the LCP plant with dangerous chemicals.

10.   Filiberta Ordaz de Cab lives atop a garbage dump in the middle of a coastal marsh and thanks the government for the privilege.