This is a course and guidance manuals to address the need to educate consultants, contractors, and other professionals in the use of living shoreline strategies
Detailed description of the resource
It provides the necessary information to determine where they are appropriate and what is involved in their design and construction. The guidelines focus on the use of created marsh fringes but also touch on the use of beaches for shore protection. The guidelines were created for the Virginia portion of the Chesapeake Bay estuarine system but may be applicable to other similar estuarine environments.