Surf City
Soundside Park The North Carolina Coastal Federation partnered with Town of Surf City to install a 215 ft living shoreline designed and fabricated by Sandbar Oyster Company. This living shoreline…
North Topsail Beach
Richard Peters Park The North Carolina Coastal Federation partnered with North Topsail Beach to install a 175 ft living shoreline designed and fabricated by Sandbar Oyster Company. This living shoreline…
Living Shorelines Training for Marine Construction Professionals
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. Our…
Topsail Beach Living Shoreline
Town of Topsail Beach partners with North Carolina Coastal Federation on sound side living shoreline projects A living shoreline project will be at Rocky Mount Ave. to protect the eroding…
Carteret Community College
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…
Sunset Beach Living Shoreline
In 2019, 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 planted…
Carolina Beach State Park Living Shoreline
In 2016, construction of a 610 foot living shoreline at Carolina Beach State Park was completed. This living shoreline was constructed by creating an oyster bag sill with regular breaks…
Wanchese Marine Industrial Park Living Shoreline Demonstration Project
The Wanchese Marine Industrial Park serves as a hub of fishing, seafood processing, boat building, eating and site seeing activity for the village of Wanchese. The Park borders the Roanoake…
Oriental Living Shoreline
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…
Atlantic Harbor Living Shoreline
Through funding from the N.C. Department of Justice Environmental Enhancement Grant Program and National Fish and Wildlife Foundation National Coastal Resilience Fund the federation is working to protect and restore…