Loves_TaiShan: Salt water does not find its way this far upriver, so Mill Creek and its surroundings have formed a freshwater marsh and swamp.
Loves_TaiShan: The preserve was chosen as a project of the Nature Conservancy because of the unusual marsh environment.
Loves_TaiShan: The Lewis A. Swyer Preserve consists of a freshwater tidal marsh along Mill Creek on the east shore of the river.
Loves_TaiShan: A half-mile long boardwalk across the marsh is an easy walk.
Loves_TaiShan: Here at the edge of the Hudson, Mill Creek enjoys the ebb and flow of the tide—yes, the Atlantic Ocean’s tide some 150 miles south.
Loves_TaiShan: Signs of Beaver were everywhere.