Living shorelines are a green infrastructure technique that uses a suite of bank stabilization and habitat restoration methods to reinforce the shoreline, minimize coastal erosion, and maintain coastal processes while protecting, restoring, enhancing and creating a natural habitat for fish, aquatic plants and wildlife. Living shoreline projects typically utilize various structural and organic materials, such as wetland plants, submerged aquatic vegetation, oyster reefs, coir fiber logs, sand fill, and stone.
The Brittany Bay Park and Living Shoreline project aims to expand our city's green spaces and enhance water quality in Biscayne Bay through innovative nature-based solutions. These solutions involve the sustainable management and use of natural systems to address challenges such as climate change, water and food security, biodiversity protection, human health, and disaster risk management.
The park has been revitalized with improvements that enhance the waterfront and provide a better experience for visitors. A hybrid living shoreline was constructed to protect existing mangroves while creating a new coastal habitat for additional mangrove growth. This project was made possible through partial funding from the G.O. Bond Infrastructure Project: Seawalls and Shorelines, and The Nature Conservancy.
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