Between Moon Tides

In a ribbon of saltmarsh in coastal Rhode Island, an intergenerational group of citizen scientists is trying to save the Saltmarsh Sparrow from extinction, one nest at a time. As climate change raises tide levels, which threatens to inundate the birds’ nests before hatchlings can fly, Deirdre Robinson and her team cobble together a method of raising the nests above the flooding threshold. Robinson teaches a team of interns how to find the delicate nests in the thick tangle of marsh grass, knowing they may be the best hope against the unacceptable loss of this species.