The National Aquariums new Harbor Wetland shows the great potential of creating wildlife habitat in cities. With just 10,000 square feet, it has already drawn otters, herons, ducks, crabs, fish, eels, and jellyfish.The $14 million constructed wetland in Baltimore, Maryland was designed by landscape architects at Ayers Saint Gross, a multidisciplinary firm. It improves the harbor environment and advances research and innovation. Its also a free educational landscape that inspires the public to reconnect with nature.Harbor Wetland is an example of how to marry science and art, said Amelle Schultz, ASLA, PLA, a principal and landscape architect with Ayers Saint Gross. It leaves no doubt that landscape architecture is a STEM discipline.Read more in ASLA's THE DIRT: https://bit.ly/4fHfEuTImage Credit: Harbor Wetland at National Aquarium, Baltimore, Maryland. Ayers Saint Gross / Phillip Smith, courtesy of National Aquarium