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HD.8A.025
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
 Flooding of low-lying areas at Holland Cliffs Shores by extreme high tides. Land is being lost at a rate of 1' per year in the Chesapeake Bay region due to combination of sea level rise and subsidence caused by lowering water tables. As population grows
 Marsh land that has been converted to pasture by cutting canals, building levees , and pumping out water.  Exposure to air caused oxidation of organic matter in soil which led to rapid subsidence.
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