As we welcome another month, we reflect on the incredible progress we’ve made in protecting and restoring our beautiful coastal regions. This past month has been filled with inspiring volunteer initiatives, successful restoration projects, and exciting opportunities to get involved. We are truly grateful to everyone who has joined us in making a difference.
The Coastal Federation partnered with the Town of Surf City to install a 215-foot living shoreline designed and fabricated by Sandbar Oyster Company. This living shoreline is made from interlocking frames, together called the Oyster Catcher Substrate™ system, providing a tidal reef structure to optimize oyster growth.
In 2022, the Coastal Federation partnered with North Topsail Beach to install a 175-foot living shoreline designed and fabricated by Sandbar Oyster Company.
Town of Topsail Beach partners with North Carolina Coastal Federation on sound side living shoreline projects The Town of Topsail Beach partnered with the Coastal Federation to install four living…
Along the shoreline at the Carteret Community College campus in Morehead City, a variety of living shoreline approaches were installed to demonstrate environmentally friendly alternatives to traditional shoreline stabilization methods.
In 2019, the construction of a living shoreline, featuring 100 feet using an oyster dome sill and 60 feet of oyster shell bag sills, was completed. The area was also…
In 2016, the Coastal Federation partnered with Carolina Beach State Park to construct a 610-foot living shoreline along the park’s estuarine shoreline.
Completed in 2021, this living shoreline protects the peninsula from future storm damage and restores lost marsh habitat. Thousands of wetland grasses were planted landward of a 3,060 ft. rock and oyster shell bag sill .
Completed in 2021, this project includes a 1,720 ft. living shoreline made of granite rock in addition to the planting of over 70,000 marsh grasses shoreward of the rock structure.
In 2020, the Coastal Federation partnered with the Town of Pine Knoll Shores and received funding from the N.C. Department of Justice Environmental Enhancement Grant Program and the N.C. Land and Water Fund to build a 460 ft. living shoreline at the Town Hall.
In 2009, the Coastal Federation partnered with the landowners and contracted a local marine engineer to develop a living shoreline design.