Living Shorelines
NOAA funded projects since 1998 through the Community-Based Restoration Program
Living Shorelines have gained attention as an alternative to traditional hardened shoreline stabilization techniques like bulkheads, revetments, and concrete seawalls, which create barriers at the land-water interface.
The natural stabilization techniques used in living shorelines incorporate plant, rock, and oysters to stabilize shorelines from erosion while maintaining and improving habitat value and sustaining a resilient coast.
NOAA encourages the use of living shorelines as a shoreline stabilization technique along sheltered coasts to preserve and improve habitat and its ecosystem value at the land-water interface.
Check out NOAA's living shoreline projects in your region.
Northeast Region
Since 1998, NOAA has helped implement 65 living shoreline projects in the Northeast region.
Southeast Region
NOAA has helped implement 98 living shoreline projects in the Southeast region.
Gulf States
NOAA has helped implement 38 living shoreline projects in the Gulf states.
West Coast Region
NOAA has helped implement 4 living shoreline projects in the West Coast region.
Great Lakes Region
NOAA has helped implement 3 living shoreline projects in the Great Lakes region.