The interactions between man and nature have not always been positive.  Sometimes, the actions of man are detrimental to the health of the environment around them.  However, as badly as people affect nature, they try to make up for it by putting in efforts to enhance it.  Because of manmade objects, salt marshes have been harmed and even destroyed.  The ecosystems and nutrients in these salt marshes were interfered with.  Now, there have been many attempts to try to reverse that.  Scientists have been trying to figure out ways to restore salt marshes back to their original, healthy state.  As with anything that tampers with nature, there are a variety of factors that they must take into account.  The question is, are the risks worth it?

To restore salt marshes, there must be a lot of monitoring of the environment.  Once one thing is changed, it affects many others.  If it is a negative change, restoration may further ruin the salt marsh.  Scientists have been trying out different techniques and plans on small plots of land to monitor how one change affects everything else.  Through this process, they can determine what may work for the salt marsh as a whole.  Another aspect that will be affected is the animals that live off of salt marsh plants and nutrients.  Although objects and actions of humans destroy some plants, new plants grow in their place.  With these new plants, new organisms make this new environment their home.  What will happen to them if this new ecosystem is reverted back to its original state?  They may be relocated or displaced, but that would result in another ecosystem that is negatively affected by human interference.

The restoration of salt marshes affects almost everything in and around it.  In order to maintain the harmony between the environment and the organisms in it, humans should let it be or closely watch and fix all of the negative changes that are a result of our interference.  While it may be worth it to make an unhealthy ecosystem healthy, it takes a lot of time and careful observance.  Modern science may have the technology to fix what is wrong with the salt marshes, but it may not be advance enough to deal with the consequences of one little change.  To fully and successfully restore salt marshes to its original health, we must be willing to put in the most amount of effort needed.