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How Did Hurricane Florence and Tropical Storm Michael Impact Living Shorelines?Living shorelines are a suite of shoreline stabilization techniques that use live components such as marsh plants or oyster reefs, either independently or in combination with hard structures like rock sills. According to the N.C. Coastal Habitat Protection Plan (CHPP), wetland and shell bottom habitat along the state’s shorelines have declined in many areas due to natural erosion and shoreline hardening strategies like bulkheads.
How did Hurricane Florence and Tropical Storm Michael Impact Living Shorelines?Read Part I of the Living Storm Protection Series