A look back: Student marsh restoration saved shoreline from devastating hurricane

In October 2018, Hurricane Michael smacked the Florida Panhandle with winds up to 160 mph and storm surges as high as 14 feet. In Franklin County, houses were damaged, roads washed out, and overnight, debris and erosion transformed the coast. But at the Apalachicola Reserveoffsite link, a ribbon of saltmarsh extending about 1,000 feet along the coast was remarkably undisturbed in the wake of that category five storm — a testimony to the power of local students.