Mowing the Grass at Low Tide: Fighting the Saltmarsh Grasses that Invaded Washington's Coast

This book is about invasions of Washington's coastal waters by Spartina saltmarsh grasses that played out over 35 years, from Willapa Bay in the State's southwest corner to the waterways of the Salish Sea. The author describes the marine shores where control operations were carried out. The ecology of marine life (ghost shrimps, oysters, shorebirds, waterfowl and more) in those waters. The histories of the indigenous peoples and western settlers, partly for their own sake, partly for insigh...