Académique Documents
Professionnel Documents
Culture Documents
2016
12 years old
Presented by:
Sven Hoeger, Restoration
Botanist
Creative Habitat Corp., White
Biological considerations
Reference site(s) & Data; Predators; Potential weeds & pests
Dune
planting
Polishing
trench
Tidal
marsh
Bridg
e
What did we do
?
Site analysis (tides, salinity, waves, etc.)
Search for Reference sites (plan
development)
3,200 cyds excavation (estimate)
1,900 cyds clean fill (estimate)
Stone/ gravel filter separates fill from
Brownfield soil
Intertidal zone enlarged 2.5 times (from
4K to 10,000 sq.ft., includes dune)
Breakwater constructed from large armor
stone
Planting Medium
A special mix of sand, bentonite and organic coir dust
200
3
June
2004
A living shoreline
it requires
maintenance!
Debris removal,
2005
Raising the
height of
the
breakwater
cost
effectively
200
8
Replacement
plantings
200
9
Available
on:
www.hrnerr
.org