More Info

You can learn a lot more about available Living Shorelines resources from the Center for Plant Restoration (CPR) resources webpage: 

Living Shorelines More Information - https://sites.google.com/site/coastalplantrestorationinfo/living-shorelines-info

Additional details on the research conducted to assess the outcomes of living shorelines projects presented on this website include:

• Juneau, Brittany, "Differences in Erosion Rates and Elevation Among Natural, Living and Hardened Shorelines in Mississippi, and Alabama" (2021). Honors Theses. 811. https://aquila.usm.edu/honors_theses/811

• Spellmann, Gabrielle, "A Comparison of Natural, Living, and Hardened Shorelines Ability to Prevent Coastal Erosion and Maintain a Healthy Ecosystem" (2022). Master's Theses. 904. https://aquila.usm.edu/masters_theses/904

• Dutta et al. (2021). Nearshore Sediment Comparisons among Natural, Living, and Armored Shorelines in Mobile Bay, Alabama. Southeastern Naturalist 20:135-151, https://doi.org/10.1656/058.020.0114

• Spellmann, G, and P. Biber (2023). Evaluating Hydrologic, Geomorphic, and Vegetation Parameters to Assess Natural, Living, and Hardened Shorelines along the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Qeios Preprint. https://doi.org/10.32388/PQ42IP

Two presentations on this research are linked below: 

• January 2023 - Bays and Bayous Meeting, Mobile, AL

• December 2022 - Restore America's Estuaries Meeting, New Orleans, LA