Restoring some of those areas can help offset the impacts of sea level rise, but it’s a big, complex and expensive job. 

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   The North Bay area can play a large part in future efforts to recreate extensive natural wetlands to help protect the greater Bay Area from rising sea levels, says Letitia Grenier from the San Francisco Estuary Institute.

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One tool in this restoration work, Grenier explains, can be re-using the sediment that is dredged from the floor of San Francisco Bay.

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