Elizabeth's Landing Living Shoreline: A Community Project

With the help of the Green Trust Alliance, the Elizabeth's Landing community installed a living shoreline to address significant coastal erosion caused by wave energy from wind and boat traffic. The project was a community effort, with residents assessing the need, fundraising, and planting native marshes. This signage was created by IAN to provide an educational component to the living shoreline, with hopes that more people will learn about the many benefits of a living shoreline as an alternative to bulkheads or jetties, which are often used in similar neighborhoods to manage wave energy and shoreline erosion. A planting day was held in June to kick off the installation of the living shoreline, and the signage was installed shortly after.