Topsail Beach Living Shoreline
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…
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 alternatives to traditional shoreline stabilization methods.
Large Scale Living Shoreline Construction Reducing Erosion
The end of summer marked the completion of construction of a 2,460-foot granite sill living shoreline at the town of Oriental’s Whittaker Pointe peninsula. The federation worked with the town,…
Sunset Beach Living Shoreline
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…
Carolina Beach State Park Living Shoreline
In 2016, the Coastal Federation partnered with Carolina Beach State Park to construct a 610-foot living shoreline along the park’s estuarine shoreline.
Oriental Living 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 .
Atlantic Harbor Living Shoreline
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.
Pine Knoll Shores Living Shorelines
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.
Soundfront Property Owners Construct Living Shoreline
WANCHESE—The North Carolina Coastal Federation is working with soundfront shoreline property owners to install living shorelines that reduce erosion and maintain valuable habitat. In order to encourage estuarine shoreline landowners…
Living Shoreline Construction Begins at Oriental’s Whittaker Pointe
OCEAN – After several years of planning, construction of the living shoreline at Whittaker Pointe in Oriental, NC has begun. The Whittaker Pointe peninsula serves as the primary defense for…
Alternative Spring Break Groups Visit Coast
Can you imagine spending your spring break doing service projects instead of hitting the beach all day? Well, earlier this month, students from Roanoke College and East Carolina University (ECU)…
Federation Gives National Briefing On Living Shorelines
On March 13, Dr. Lexia Weaver, federation coastal scientist and central region office manager, presented on the merits of using living shorelines as a sound nature based resiliency strategy to…
Coastal Federation Receives Orton Foundation Grant for Coastal Resilience
WILMINGTON – The North Carolina Coastal Federation is pleased to announce a generous grant from the Orton Foundation to mitigate pollution, restore coastal habitats and water quality, and strengthen coastal resilience in the…
2019 Legislative Roundup
In January, the North Carolina General Assembly completed its 2019 legislative session. With the 2020 session not expected to begin until April, now is an excellent time to review the…
Volunteers build a living shoreline to reduce erosion along Bogue Sound
Recently, the North Carolina Coastal Federation, community volunteers and students from Croatan High School worked together to build a living shoreline along Bogue Sound. The group hauled and stacked 1,125…
Federation hosts educational events during fall season
The months of October and November were bustling with student programs for our central coast educators. Through a series of outreach events and service opportunities, students learned about coastal environments…
Federation and Restore America’s Estuaries host Living Shoreline Tech Transfer Workshop
On Oct. 8-9, the North Carolina Coastal Federation and Restore America’s Estuaries hosted over 200 professionals in Beaufort for the 2019 Living Shorelines Tech Transfer Workshop. Our dedicated staff was…
Volunteers help assess growth and development of Sunset Beach Living Shoreline
Volunteers joined the southeast staff and interns for a lovely day at the pristine Waterfront Park at Sunset Beach to assess the development on the living shoreline constructed this past…
