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Living Shoreline Design for Monroe Bay Ave: Prepared for the Town of Colonial Beach, VA
Milligan, Donna Hardaway, C. Scott Wilcox, Christine A. Green, Cameron W.
Milligan, Donna
Hardaway, C. Scott
Wilcox, Christine A.
Green, Cameron W.
Abstract
A living shoreline design, by the William & Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science, for a critical area of erosion along 1,500 feet of shoreline in Monroe Bay in the Town of Colonial Beach, Virginia. The Town of Colonial Beach's comprehensive plan recognizes that shorelines along Monroe Bay are eroding and need to be stablized. The project area has suffered from a serious erosion issue affecting transportation and utilities. The installation of a living shoreline will address the erosion and create co-benefits such as storing carbon, attracting wildlife, and improving water quality by reducing Total Maximum Dialy Load nutrient and sediment impacts currently affecting Monroe Bay. The design protects infrastructure for the Town including a main road and utlities, provides habitat through marsh restoration, reduce sedimentation by stopping erosion of the upland bank, and reduce nutrient runoff to the Bay by creating a buffer along the shore.
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2023-02
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https://doi.org/10.25773/MT11-R248