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Living Shorelines

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Surf City

Current Projects, Living Shorelines, Restore & PreserveBy Lauren ColonairJanuary 30, 2023

Soundside Park 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…

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North Topsail Beach

Current Projects, Living Shorelines, Restore & PreserveBy Lauren ColonairJanuary 30, 2023

Richard Peters Park In 2022, the Coastal Federation partnered with North Topsail Beach to install a 175-foot living shoreline designed and fabricated by Sandbar Oyster Company. This living shoreline is…

Living Shoreline Marine Construction Training
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Living Shorelines Training for Marine Construction Professionals

Living Shorelines, Restore & PreserveBy Lauren ColonairJune 16, 2021

The Importance of Education This is an important time to raise the awareness of those who live and work along NC’s coast about resilience measures such as living shorelines. Living…

Rocky Mount Ave. Living Shoreline
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Topsail Beach Living Shoreline

Current Projects, Living Shorelines, Restore & PreserveBy Lauren ColonairMarch 3, 2021

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…

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Carteret Community College

Current Projects, Living Shorelines, Restore & PreserveBy Lily HuffmanJanuary 28, 2021

Shoreline Restoration and Stormwater Runoff Reduction Along the shoreline at the Carteret Community College campus in Morehead City, a variety of living shoreline approaches were installed to demonstrate environmentally friendly…

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Sunset Beach Living Shoreline

Completed Projects, Living Shorelines, Restore & PreserveBy Lily HuffmanSeptember 2, 2020

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…

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Carolina Beach State Park Living Shoreline

Completed Projects, Living Shorelines, Restore & PreserveBy Lily HuffmanSeptember 2, 2020

In 2016, the Coastal Federation partnered with Carolina Beach State Park to construct a 610-foot living shoreline along the park’s estuarine shoreline. The project was constructed by creating an oyster…

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Wanchese Marine Industrial Park Living Shoreline Demonstration Project

Educate, Living Shorelines, Restore & PreserveBy Lily HuffmanSeptember 2, 2020

The Wanchese Marine Industrial Park serves as a hub of fishing, seafood processing, boat building, dining, and site-seeing activities for the village of Wanchese. The Park borders the Roanoke and…

The beginning of construction on the oriental living shoreline in 2020
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Oriental Living Shoreline

Current Projects, Living Shorelines, Restore & PreserveBy Lily HuffmanAugust 18, 2020

In the spring of 2020, after several years of planning, construction began on a living shoreline at Whittaker Pointe in Oriental. The Whittaker Pointe peninsula serves as the primary defense…

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Atlantic Harbor Living Shoreline

Current Projects, Living Shorelines, Restore & PreserveBy Lily HuffmanAugust 18, 2020

Through funding from the N.C. Department of Justice Environmental Enhancement Grant Program and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation National Coastal Resilience Fund, the Federation worked to protect and restore…

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Headquarters & Central

3609 N.C. 24 (Ocean)
Newport, NC 28570
252-393-8185
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Northeast Office

637 Harbor Road
P.O. Box 276
Wanchese, NC 27981
252-473-1607
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309 W. Salisbury St.
Wrightsville Beach, NC 28480
910-509-2838
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