Interpretive Guide Kylie Poggio from the Department of Energy & Environmental Protection leads a visitors on a lecture on the importance of salt marshes on July 13 at Hammonasset Beach State Park. The walk and lecture is part of Salt Marsh Days series at Meigs Point Nature Center which runs every other Saturday through Aug. 10 . Wesley Bunnell / The Source

Interpretive Guide Kylie Poggio from the Department of Energy & Environmental Protection led visitors on a lecture on the importance of salt marshes on July 13 at Hammonasset Beach State Park. The walk and lecture is part of Salt Marsh Days series at Meigs Point Nature Center which runs every other Saturday through Aug. 10 . Wesley Bunnell / The Source

Interpretive Guide Kylie Poggio from the Department of Energy & Environmental Protection holds an eight foot pole used to test the depth of peat accumulation while speaking to visitors on the importance of salt marshes on July 13 at Hammonasset Beach State Park. Salt marshes provide hundreds of eco system functions which benefit wildlife and humans alike such as providing a buffer habitat against flooding from storms by absorbing several feet of flood water. The walk and lecture is part of Salt Marsh Days series at Meigs Point Nature Center which runs every other Saturday through Aug. 10 . Wesley Bunnell / The Source

Interpretive Guide Kylie Poggio from the Department of Energy & Environmental Protection pushes an eight foot pole to demonstrate the depth of peat accumulation in a salt marsh at Hammonasset Beach State park on July 13. Poggio spoke to visitors regarding the importance of salt marshes and the hundreds of eco system functions they provide which benefit wildlife and humans. Such as providing a buffer habitat against flooding from storms by absorbing many several feet of flood water. The walk and lecture is part of Salt Marsh Days series at Meigs Point Nature Center which runs every other Saturday through Aug. 10 . Wesley Bunnell / The Source

Interpretive Guide Kylie Poggio from the Department of Energy & Environmental Protection stands next to the top of an eight foot pole inserted into the peat accumulation in a salt marsh at Hammonasset Beach State park on July 13. Poggio spoke to visitors regarding the importance of salt marshes and the hundreds of eco system functions they provide which benefit wildlife and humans. Such as providing a buffer habitat against flooding from storms by absorbing many several feet of flood water. The walk and lecture is part of Salt Marsh Days series at Meigs Point Nature Center which runs every other Saturday through Aug. 10 . Wesley Bunnell / The Source

Interpretive Guide Kylie Poggio from the Department of Energy & Environmental Protection jokingly attempts to jump but is held down by the suction effect of peat accumulation in a salt marsh in Hammonasset Beach State Park on July 13. Poggio spoke to visitors on the importance of salt marshes and the hundreds of eco system functions which benefit wildlife and humans alike. Such as providing a buffer habitat against flooding from storms by absorbing several feet of flood water. The walk and lecture is part of Salt Marsh Days series at Meigs Point Nature Center which runs every other Saturday through Aug. 10 . Wesley Bunnell / The Source

Interpretive Guide Kylie Poggio from the Department of Energy & Environmental Protection speaks to visitors on the importance of salt marshes on July 13 at Hammonasset Beach State Park. Salt marshes provide hundreds of eco system functions which benefit wildlife and humans alike such as providing a buffer habitat against flooding from storms by absorbing several feet of flood water. The walk and lecture is part of Salt Marsh Days series at Meigs Point Nature Center which runs every other Saturday through Aug. 10 . Wesley Bunnell / The Source

Interpretive Guide Kylie Poggio from the Department of Energy & Environmental Protection holds an eight foot pole used to test the depth of peat accumulation while speaking to visitors on the importance of salt marshes on July 13 at Hammonasset Beach State Park. Salt marshes provide hundreds of eco system functions which benefit wildlife and humans alike such as providing a buffer habitat against flooding from storms by absorbing several feet of flood water. The walk and lecture is part of Salt Marsh Days series at Meigs Point Nature Center which runs every other Saturday through Aug. 10 . Wesley Bunnell / The Source

Interpretive Guide Kylie Poggio from the Department of Energy & Environmental Protection leads a group of visitors at the conclusion of a walk demonstrating the importance of salt marshes on July 13 at Hammonasset Beach State Park. Salt marshes provide hundreds of eco system functions which benefit wildlife and humans alike such as providing a buffer habitat against flooding from storms by absorbing several feet of flood water. The walk and lecture is part of Salt Marsh Days series at Meigs Point Nature Center which runs every other Saturday through Aug. 10 . Wesley Bunnell / The Source