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Ecosystem Restoration Services 1 Living Shoreline Practices

Living Shoreline Practices - Ecology Action · 20 . Other Considerations • Fetch • Nearshore Bathymetry • Shoreline Bank Condition (Height, Stability, Slope, etc.) • Orientation

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Page 1: Living Shoreline Practices - Ecology Action · 20 . Other Considerations • Fetch • Nearshore Bathymetry • Shoreline Bank Condition (Height, Stability, Slope, etc.) • Orientation

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Living Shoreline Practices

Page 2: Living Shoreline Practices - Ecology Action · 20 . Other Considerations • Fetch • Nearshore Bathymetry • Shoreline Bank Condition (Height, Stability, Slope, etc.) • Orientation

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Recycled Concrete Oyster Shell Sill

Groins Used Tires

Current Practices

Bulkheads

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Utilization of Natural Materials (Cedars, Christmas Trees, Etc.)

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Page 5: Living Shoreline Practices - Ecology Action · 20 . Other Considerations • Fetch • Nearshore Bathymetry • Shoreline Bank Condition (Height, Stability, Slope, etc.) • Orientation

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Energy Regime

High Medium

Low

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Bulkhead Replacement

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Bulkhead Replacement & Removal St. Johns College

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Low Energy Shorelines Sand Fill with Coir Log

Sand Fill Coir Log

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Low Energy Shorelines Sand Fill With Coir Log

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Low Energy Shorelines Sand Placement w/Rock Sand

Containment Structures & Planting

Sand Containment Structures

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Medium Energy Shorelines Low Profile Gapped Sills

Page 12: Living Shoreline Practices - Ecology Action · 20 . Other Considerations • Fetch • Nearshore Bathymetry • Shoreline Bank Condition (Height, Stability, Slope, etc.) • Orientation

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Medium Energy Shorelines High Profile Sills

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Marsh Breakwater Project

Severn River

Medium Energy Sites

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High Energy Shorelines Gapped Breakwaters

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High Energy Shorelines Headland Breakwaters (Large Scale)

Eastern Neck NWR

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Before

After

High Energy Sites Headland Breakwaters –Smaller Scale Spaniard Pt. – Queen Anne’s County

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High Energy Sites Headland Breakwaters –Smaller Scale Spaniard Pt. – Queen Anne’s County

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Offshore Gapped Breakwaters in High Energy Environment

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High Energy Shorelines Marsh Breakwaters

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Other Considerations • Fetch

• Nearshore Bathymetry

• Shoreline Bank Condition (Height, Stability, Slope, etc.)

• Orientation

• Bottom Substrate

• Geographic Area

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Questions?

Kevin M. Smith

Maryland DNR

410-260-8797

[email protected]