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NOAA Releases Guidance for the Use of Living Shorelines
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NOAA released Guidance for Considering the Use of Living Shorelines today. This publication was developed in an agency-wide effort to clarify NOAA’s ...
Guidance for the Successful Use of Living Shorelines
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Living shorelines are an increasingly popular shoreline stabilization strategy because they protect against shoreline erosion while also providing ...
[PDF] Guidance for Considering the Use of Living Shorelines
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Shoreline stabilization does not need to create a barrier between land and water, as happens with hard shoreline stabilization structures like ...
Combination of Shoreline Stabilization Approaches Offers Best Long-term ...
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Restored smooth cordgrass marsh with additional protection against wave action (in this case, oyster castles). Credit: Beryl Kahn/NOAA. NCCOS-funded ...
Developing Alternative Shoreline Armoring Strategies: The Living ...
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Alternative shoreline stabilization structures that incorporate natural habitats, also known as living shorelines, have been popularized by ...
NCCOS | Publication Details - products.coastalscience.noaa.gov
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Alternative shoreline stabilization structures which incorporate natural habitats, also known as living shorelines, have been popularized by ...
Estuarine Shoreline Stabilization – Assessment of the “Living Shoreline ...
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We are assessing the use of various shoreline stabilization approaches. We are focusing on: 1) the impact different methods of shoreline stabilization ...
A Primer to Living Shorelines Published - NCCOS Coastal Science Website
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A synthesis of recent thinking and results from practitioners and researchers of Living Shorelines just hit the stands. ” Living Shorelines: The ...
NCCOS, The Nature Conservancy Create Living Shoreline Planning Tool for ...
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The research has served as the foundation for the new map-based tool, which analyzes wave energy and marsh distribution to determine which living shor ...
NCCOS Delivers Hard Truths on Hardened Shorelines in the Mid-Atlantic
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The common reed Phragmites grows readily in disturbed wetland and shoreline areas and is usually an indicator of a wetland ecosystem that is out of ...
Support Grows for Living Shorelines in North Carolina
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Participants learned about the ecological importance of estuaries and natural shorelines, different shoreline stabilization techniques, best practices ...
Shoreline Habitat Types and Erosion Rates on Marine Corps Base Camp ...
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Results of the work described above are important for guiding decisions regarding development of coastal parcels within the New River Estuary and Camp ...
Tool to Forecast the Effect of Waves on Waterbodies and Shorelines
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Cost of shoreline stabilization. Tools that provide data necessary for making responsible policy decisions (hurricane preparedness, shoreline ...
Hardened Shorelines Make it Hard for Submerged Aquatic Vegetation
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Riprap, which is made up of rocks and boulders piled along the shoreline, is commonly used to prevent shoreline erosion, but once installed, alters ...
New Report Evaluates Benefits of Using Dredged Sediments to Enhance ...
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In addition to providing habitat for a wide range of estuarine organisms and nesting shorebirds, the island protects the adjacent developed shoreline ...
Advanced Flood Mapping Helps Visualize Flood Risks on Shifting ...
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Combination of Shoreline Stabilization Approaches Offers Best Long-term Protection in Chesapeake Bay March 6, 2025 Harmful Algal Blooms: NOAA State of ...
Evaluating Wave Impact Reduction and Shoreline Protection Provided by ...
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Oyster reefs. Credit Anna Windle, Sarah Poulin, NC Sea Grant. NCCOS has approved an Effects of Sea Level Rise Event Response Award of $35,228 for a ...
Sea Level Rise Could Drown North Carolina's Coastal Marshes
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By contrast, marshes behind shoreline-stabilizing, stone sills appear able to keep one step ahead of this sea level rise rate, having increased their ...
Shoreline Hardening and Development Hurts Shorebirds and Waterfowl
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A new NCCOS-sponsored study shows that using artificial structures to protect coastal land and property from the sea can harm water birds. The ...
Story Map Highlights Approaches to Resilient Coastal Transportation ...
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Cardiff State Park Living Shoreline Project. NOAA scientists co-developed a story map about protecting California’s transportation infrastructure from ...