As erosion threatens treasured places around the Chesapeake Bay, communities are turning to nature-based solutions. Explore how living shorelines are helping to protect coasts and heritage on opposite shores of the Bay.
Living shoreline plants have a tough job: they must hold down the sandy shoreline with their roots and ease waves with their stems, all while surviving salty water.
Researchers are on a mission to determine which key components make a living shoreline successful at preventing erosion—but first they must gather crucial data.
Oyster biology is both an obstacle and an opportunity when it comes to living shorelines. Learn how and why oysters are sometimes included in living shoreline projects.
A living shoreline is under construction in Baltimore City—part of a sweeping project that aims to restore more than 50 acres of habitat along 11 miles of shoreline.
Underwater Grasses in Chesapeake Bay & Mid-Atlantic Coastal Waters is an identification guide that features color photographs, line drawings, and helpful descriptions of 16 of the most common bay grass species, along with other aquatic species you might see in the Chesapeake Bay. Produced by Maryland Sea Grant in collaboration with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Chesapeake Bay Office, the Aliiance for the Chesapeake Bay, and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. You can order the guide for $29.95 from our online bookstore at www.mdsg.umd.edu/store/books/sav/
The Potomac Environmental Research and Education Center at George Mason University perec.gmu.edu
Spatial and seasonal patterns in water quality in an embayment-mainstem reach of the tidal freshwater Potomac River, USA: a multiyear study. R. Christian Jones, Donald P. Kelso, and Elaine Schaeffer. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment December 2008, 147(1-3):251-375. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10661-007-0126-0?LI=true
Want to identify underwater bay grasses? Buy a copy of our field guide, or give it as a gift to a Bay lover. Click here for information about the guide and for more information about all the topics covered in this magazine.
As erosion threatens treasured places around the Chesapeake Bay, communities are turning to nature-based solutions. Explore how living shorelines are helping to protect coasts and heritage on opposite shores of the Bay.
Living shoreline plants have a tough job: they must hold down the sandy shoreline with their roots and ease waves with their stems, all while surviving salty water.
Researchers are on a mission to determine which key components make a living shoreline successful at preventing erosion—but first they must gather crucial data.
Oyster biology is both an obstacle and an opportunity when it comes to living shorelines. Learn how and why oysters are sometimes included in living shoreline projects.
A living shoreline is under construction in Baltimore City—part of a sweeping project that aims to restore more than 50 acres of habitat along 11 miles of shoreline.
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