Boys and Girls just wanna have fun
Boys and Girls Club members took to the water with the Friends of the Rivers program Kids in Kayaks on July 19, 2010. Outside Hilton Head sponsored the outing at Shelter Cove Marina on Hilton Head Island, S.C.
It has been estimated by economists (for example, Costanza and Farley, 2007) that the loss of 2.5 acres of marsh leads to a $33,000 increase in the cost of storm damage. Using these calculations, coastal wetlands provide over $23 billion a year in storm protection, confirming that they are worth saving.
