Photo Credit: Florida Department of Environmental ProtectionLiving shorelines are a shoreline management practice that provides erosion control benefits; protects, restores, or enhances natural shoreline habitat; and maintains coastal processes through the strategic placement of plants, stone, sand fill, and other structural organic materials (e.g. biologs, oyster reefs, etc.). Living shorelines can reduce wave damage to the coast and inland structures by creating a solution that incorporates segmented breakwaters and plantings along the shoreline.
Projects:
R1801 - City of Miami Beach Living Shoreline R1803 - Sarasota Living ShorelineR1931 - Franklin-98 Living ShorelineR2117 - Floridatown Nature Based Erosion Control Phase IIR1819 - Cedar Key Living ShorelineR2146 - Titusville Causeway Multi-Trophic Shoreline StabilizationResources:
FWC - Florida Living Shorelines