Baltimore’s Wetlands Restoration Pushes Ahead Despite Federal Funding Setbacks

Inside Climate News · By Aman Azhar · last updated July 13, 2025 – 1:03 AM

But critics caution that the efforts, as designed, cut off some historically Black and disadvantaged communities in South Baltimore from the promised benefits of shoreline restoration.

By Aman Azhar

BALTIMORE—Gravel crunched underfoot as Brad Rogers and Andrew Forbes stepped onto a narrow strip carved along a portion of the Patapsco River shoreline that’s slated to be a 9-acre tidal wetland.

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