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Monmouth University – The Urban Coast Institute

by | Dec 31, 2020 | 2 Living The Coastal Life, 5 Environment - Improve and Care For, 7 Organizations, Education, Harvest of Natural Resources - Not Fish, Living Shoreline, Membership Dashboard Blog, Public safety - flooding and natural disaster, Public safety - Resilient infrastructure, Renewable Energy, Science Topics

Monmouth University – The Urban Coast Institute is a leader in the fields of ocean planning and coastal law and policy. We are committed to supporting the implementation of coastal and ocean management actions and policies based on the best available science at...

On New Jersey’s barrier islands, a needed focus on saving bayside seashores

by | Dec 30, 2020 | 2 Living The Coastal Life, 5 Environment - Improve and Care For, Living Shoreline, Membership Dashboard Blog, Public safety - Resilient infrastructure

NJ Spotlight News Article – A healthy oceanfront provides little solace for the bay sides of New Jersey’s barrier islands, where land elevation is lowest and most homes run to the water’s edge, protected from inundation by nothing more than bulkheads whose...

ENGINEERING WITH NATURE TO SUPPORT SYSTEM RESILIENCE: EXAMPLES OF INNOVATIVE CHANNEL DREDGING AND PLACEMENT IN COASTAL NEW JERSEY

by | Oct 9, 2019 | 1 Things Affecting Business, 2 Living The Coastal Life, 5 Environment - Improve and Care For, 6 Municipal, County, State, Federal Prepare, Living Shoreline, Public safety - flooding and natural disaster, Science Topics

Navigation and Nature: Philaelphia District took action to restore navigation after Sandy, but also looked for opportunities to assist with shoreline & ecosystem recovery and build coastal system resilience with clean dredged sediment Monica Chasten, Project...