After Years of Fighting for Their Salt Marsh, the Residents of Wierum Are Now Not Allowed to Go There.

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Rijkswaterstaat has closed off the salt marsh in the Wadden Sea near the North Frisian village of Wierum to protect the birds. For the residents of Wierum, the closure comes as a cold shower. If they had not taken action more than ten years ago, the salt marsh would no longer exist. "Throughout the entire process, we took into account that the salt marsh would be accessible at least outside the breeding season. And now there are signs saying 'no…