The marshes and wetlands sustain life along the coast

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As the tide falls, waters teaming with life flow from the salt marshes and wetlands and filters through clumps of oysters toward Gulf of Mexico along the coast of Wakulla County, Florida. The coastal estuaries are the start of a food chain that eventually feeds the oceans, which in turn feeds the land.

As the tide falls, waters teaming with life flow from the salt marshes and wetlands and filters through clumps of oysters toward Gulf of Mexico along the coast of Wakulla County, Florida. The coastal estuaries are the start of a food chain that eventually feeds the oceans, which in turn feeds the land.