Living Shoreline Materials Breakout Session Moderator: Lexia M. Weaver, Ph.D., Coastal Scientist and Central Regional Manager Scribe: Sarah Bodin, Coastal Specialist Report Out: Tracy Skrabal, Coastal Scientist and Southeast Regional Manager Photo Credit: David Cessna
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Living Shoreline MaterialsBreakout Session
Moderator: Lexia M. Weaver, Ph.D., Coastal Scientist and Central Regional ManagerScribe: Sarah Bodin, Coastal SpecialistReport Out: Tracy Skrabal, Coastal Scientist and Southeast Regional Manager
Photo Credit: David Cessna
Traditional Plastic Mesh Bags
Photo Credit: Tampa Bay Watch
Photo Credit: Vance Miller
Living Shoreline MaterialsBreakout Session
10:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
• Session and Participant Introduction
• Presentations on Materials and Questions
• Informal Open Discussion
• Successes
• Lessons Learned
• Challenges
• Solutions and How to Implement
• Identify Top 2-3 Topics for After Lunch Report Out
Materials and ParticipantsTraditional Plastic Mesh Bags
• Eric Plage • Josh Merritt and Grainger Coughtrey
Photo Credit: Tampa Bay Watch
• Jeff Opel,
Materials and ParticipantsTesting Alternatives to Traditional Plastic Mesh Bags
• Andrew Isenhour,
• Oyster CatcherTM
• Dr. Niels Lindquist and David “Clammerhead” Cessna
Oyster Castles for Restoration and Shoreline Protection
Bowdoin (Bo) Lusk – The Nature Conservancy's Virginia Coast Reserve
An “Oyster Castle”Designed and Produced by Allied Concrete
8”
12”
2”
About 35 lbs.
Long Bar Reef 2010
Oyster Castles to Elevate Old Reefs
Oyster Castle Reefs for Coastal Resilience
Average reduction in wave heights across all reef sites when water depths are greater than mean site depth (1.0 to 1.5m) was 0-20%, whereas for shallow depths (0.5 to 1.0m) the average wave height reduction was 30-50%. Wiberg, P.L., S.R Taube, A.E. Ferguson, M.R. Kremer and M.A Reidenbach. 2018. Wave Attenuation by Oyster Reefs in Shallow Coastal Bays. Estuaries and Coasts 42 (2): 331-347. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12237-018-0463-y
Wave Attenuation at Tom’s Cove, Assateague Island, VA
Marsh Expansion at Tom’s Cove
In some cases marsh expanding behind and into castle reefs.