Salt Tide is about one of the last unspoiled island ecosystems in the eastern U.S. - a chain of 18 islands that separates the inland shore from the Atlantic - as well as the animals and plants that subsist there and in the surrounding protected waters. Author Curtis J. Badger’s family has lived and farmed in this fragile and fertile land since the 1600s. This legacy fuels his passion and appreciation for this fragile confluence of land and sea. As he writes about looking for milky ribbon worms in the mudflats or paddling through spartina on a tidal creek, Badger gracefully weaves together personal history and natural science with insight and intelligence.