Tall grass, called smooth cordmarsh, grows at the water’s edge in an area called low marsh, which floods regularly with the tides. Walking RI: Exploring Big River, site of the flood that never ...

WARREN — Joel Eckerson cries out to his companions across the marsh at Jacob’s Point. “I knew it,” he yells. “I’ve got a nest here.” A saltmarsh sparrow nest.. There’s good reason ...

Splendor in the Grass A couple triumphs over adversity to build a stunning home in the marshes of Ipswich. By Courtney Hollands · 6/4/2013, 4:55 a.m.