Living Shorelines

• Mitigating Shoreline Erosion (PDF)
• Tidewater Soil and Water Conservation District Living Shoreline Program
• Regional Living Shoreline Incentive Funding Program
• Coastal Habitat (PDF)
• Living Shorelines for Master Gardeners (PDF) - Explanations
• Shoreline Incentive Program
• Shoreline Incentive Program - SWCD
• Design and Build Living Shoreline Projects - Karen Duhring - VIMS
• Field Guide to Virginia Salt and Brackish Marsh Plants (PDF) - VIMS
• Grasses for the Masses - Jess Barton - CBF
• Shoreline Decision Tool User 2010 - CCRM
• Gloucester County Comprehensive Coastal Resource Management Portal - CCRMP - Master Gardener Training Lecture
• Native Plants for Wetland Restoration and Enhancement: A Source Guide (PDF) - Norfolk Bureau of Environmental Sciences
• Native Riparian (PDF) - Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation
• Norfolk Dune Guide for Native Flowering Plants (PDF) - Kevin R. Du Bois P.WS Environmental Engineer, Virginia Certified Wetland Delineator
• Salt Tolerant Native Plants (PDF) - VCE
• Shifting Sands, Beach and Dune Management in Virginia - Lectures
• Shifting San (PDF)
• Shoreline Erosion
• ds Resource Information (PDF) - CCRM
• Virginia Dept of Conservation and Recreation
• Shoreline Glossary  - William C. Walker, Jr.
• Tidewater Oyster Gardening Association (TOGA)
• Weather and Tide Information - Various Hyperlinks

Other Items of Interest

• Aerial and Field Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV) Observations - Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS)

Recommended Reading

• Animal, Vegetable, Miracle - Barbara Kingsolver
• The Big Oyster - Mark Kurlansky
• Chesapeake - James Michener
• Chesapeake Bay Blues: Science, Politics, and the Struggle to Save the Bay - Howard Ernst
• The Disappearing Islands of the Chesapeake - William Cronin
• The Elizabeth River - Amy Waters Yarsinske
• Four Fish: The Future of the last Wild Food - Paul Greenberg
• Mitigating Shore Erosion Along Sheltered Coasts - National Research Council
• The Oyster Wars of the Chesapeake Bay - John Wennersten
• Sex, Death and Oysters: A Half-Shell Lover's World Tour - Robb Walsh
• Skipjack: The Story of America's Last Sailing Oystermen - Christopher White
• The World is Blue: How Our Fate and the Ocean's Are One - Sylvia Earle

Acknowledgements

Living Shoreline pictures courtesy of K. Duhring, VIMS and CCRM-VIMS