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This report summarizes monitoring conducted at three pilot beneficial use of dredged material to enhance salt marsh projects in New Jersey. Constructed between August 2014 […]
NJDEP has undertaken this project in order to trial the beneficial use of dredged material to enhance salt marshes that benefit coastal communities in advance […]
The burial of “blue carbon” in coastal marsh soils is partially offset by marsh-atmosphere methane (CH4) fluxes, but this offset may be greater if other […]
Tidal marshes are an integral part of New Jersey’s estuaries. They form a charismatic green band that cleans water; provides critical habitat and food sources […]
This is a report on the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary’s installation of Delaware’s first “hybrid” living shoreline along 300’ of eroding salt marsh adjacent […]
Many documents have been developed with the objective of educating policymakers, regulators, and property owners on the engineering and ecological aspects of living shorelines. The […]
Historically, eroding shorelines have been managed through the implementation of hardened infrastructure such as seawalls, bulkheads, and revetments. As these structure are spatially static, they […]
Bivalve molluscs provide water quality benefits throughout mid-Atlantic watersheds, such as Chesapeake Bay and the Delaware River basins. Whereas most of the attention has focused […]
Ribbed mussels occupy multiple habitats across the salt marsh landscape—along primary low marsh shorelines, within tidal creeks, and across the high marsh platform. Through their […]
This publication provides community leaders, citizens, and contractors with guidance on key elements that should be considered when embarking on living shoreline projects, as well […]