…next year, according to the blueprint. The Second Goal: Living Shorelines The largest living shoreline project in North Carolina is underway along the banks of the Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson State Historic Site, a pre-Revolutionary port roughly halfway between downtown Wilmington and the mouth of the Cape Fear River. The multi-million-dollar…
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Pine Knoll Shores officials to outline living shoreline plan
…to take a tour of the recently installed living shoreline will need to meet at the flagpole behind the town hall where Weaver is expected to discuss the shoreline installed last spring. To learn more about living shorelines as protection during storms, visit the Coastal Federation’s webpage on living shorelines. …
Living Shorelines: The Natural Alternative
First of two parts Lush marsh grass grows behind a rock sill at a living shoreline project near Edenton. You don’t have to get your feet wet or willingly serve as mosquito bait to know that “living shorelines” – the use of natural materials, such as rocks, oyster shells and…
Kitty Hawk Living Shoreline Project Wraps Up
…managing the county’s natural resource concerns,” Daisey added. “I’m proud that the Dare Soil and Water Conservation District played a part in securing funds from the state’s Community Conservation Assistance Program for this great project.” Learn More History of the Moor Shore Road living shoreline project Kitty Hawk Living Shoreline…
Living Shorelines Workshops Planned
…20, 2019. Registration is required for this workshop. This “Living Shorelines for Erosion Control on Estuarine Shorelines” workshop is free and will teach the benefits and limitations of using living shorelines for erosion control; living shorelines design standards based on site conditions; best practices for living shoreline construction and use…
A Living Shoreline Laboratory
…come up with a permit for living shorelines, which would put bulkheads and seawalls at parity with living shorelines,” Lightbody said. Advocates say living shorelines help improve water quality and marine habitat, can be built at less expense than seawalls and provide better protection against erosion. “And frankly, they’re more…
Living Shoreline Academy to offer intro, design courses
Shown is an example of a living shoreline, a nature-based solution, on Bogue Sound in Carteret County. Photo: Jennifer Allen Post has been updated Registration is open for two courses to learn the latest techniques, materials and funding opportunities for shoreline management. The Living Shoreline Academy is holding a one-day…
College to offer introduction to living shorelines session
…or seawalls, have long been the conventional approach for shoreline property management. Advocates say that research supports the use of living shorelines for their longevity and minimal maintenance costs. Living shorelines enhance habitat while stabilizing shorelines and attenuating wave action. Participants interested in completing the Living Shoreline Primer need to…
Federation Seeks Living Shoreline Permitting
…to hardened structures, shown in gray. Image: NOAA The federation has asked the Army Corps of Engineers to act quickly to adopt a new general permit for living shorelines to help waterfront property owners recover from the storm. “Living shorelines are an effective and more natural erosion control strategy that…
Grants Can Help Pay for Living Shorelines
…install a living shoreline of oyster shells. Photo: N.C. Coastal Federation Living shorelines, he also noted, can be less expensive than a bulkhead. Weaver said it’s possible to keep the cost of living shorelines at only hundreds of dollars, as opposed to the thousands of dollars required for bulkheads. The…
Grant to support living shoreline, wetland restoration work
…County. The Coastal Federation promotes living shorelines as an environmentally friendly method to stabilize eroding shorelines in lieu of installing a bulkhead or seawall. Living shorelines have been used for more than 20 years and have withstood storm and hurricane impacts, officials said. Living shorelines also provide critical habitat for…
Living Shoreline Work Underway
Featured Image Earth-moving equipment from T.D. Eure Marine Construction in Beaufort operates near a barge Monday, June 22, in the Atlantic Harbor of Refuge where a project is underway to build a 1,720-foot living shoreline. The North Carolina Coastal Federation worked with Carteret County to install a living shoreline in…