First Staters hoping to learn more and become experts on living shorelines – a natural shoreline made of plants, sand, or rock that protects and stabilizes the coast – have an opportunity to do so at the end of the month. The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) is offering a two-day training event Tuesday, March 25, …
DNREC head Shawn Garvin, second from right, talks about Lewes’ living shoreline. Photo by Charlie Megginson Imagine you just purchased a waterfront property and you’re worried about the effect of erosion on your shoreline. What do you do? Install bulkheads, perhaps? Maybe riprap or stone revetments? It turns out there’s a better method – one that naturally protects shorelines …
