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Beneficial Use of Dredged Material to Enhance Salt Marsh Habitat in New Jersey Project Summary and Lessons Learned

Tidal marshes are an integral part of New Jersey’s estuaries. They form a charismatic green band that cleans water; provides critical habitat and food sources […]

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Beneficial Use of Dredged Material to Enhance Salt Marsh Habitat in New Jersey Project Summary and Lessons Learned
Tidal marshes are an integral part of New Jersey’s estuaries. They form a charismatic green band that cleans water; provides critical habitat and food sources […]
Cost and Effectiveness Analysis of Select New Jersey Living Shoreline Projects
The costs and the effectiveness of five recently constructed living shoreline projects in New Jersey were evaluated. The projects selected are representative of the diversity […]
Living Shorelines Engineering Guidelines report
Living Shorelines Engineering Guidelines
Many documents have been developed with the objective of educating policymakers, regulators, and property owners on the engineering and ecological aspects of living shorelines. The […]
Ecoshorelines on Developed Coasts Guidance and Best Practices report
Ecoshorelines on Developed Coasts Guidance and Best Practices
Specific guidance is needed for ecoshorelines due to these and other unique requirements for working on developed coasts. The objective of this document is to, […]
Environmental Amenities as a Source of Market Power
Environmental Amenities as a Source of Market Power
Site-specific environmental amenities can provide a source of product-differentiating market power. Using estimates from hedonic-price equations and residual-demand models, our analysis recovers firm-specific estimates of […]
Enhancing Water Quality by Restoring Freshwater Mussels in an Urban River study
Enhancing Water Quality by Restoring Freshwater Mussels in an Urban River: Assessing and Testing Prospects in Relation to Salinity
Native species of freshwater mussels were found to tolerate and grow in size at all tidal study sites on the lower Christina River in New […]
Enhancing the Water Quality Benefits of Shellfish-Based Living Shorelines in Delaware report
Enhancing the Water Quality Benefits of Shellfish-Based Living Shorelines in Delaware
This is a report on the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary’s installation of Delaware’s first “hybrid” living shoreline along 300’ of eroding salt marsh adjacent […]
Juvenile Freshwater Mussel Rearing for Water Quality Improvement in Delaware study
Juvenile Freshwater Mussel Rearing for Water Quality Improvement in Delaware
More than 80,000 juvenile freshwater mussels were produced in a hatchery and reared in a variety of aquatic habitats and aquaculture gear within Kent and […]
A Community Resource Guide for Planning Living Shorelines Projects
This publication provides community leaders, citizens, and contractors with guidance on key elements that should be considered when embarking on living shoreline projects, as well […]
A Guide for Incorporating Ecosystem Service Valuation into Coastal Restoration Projects
The intent of this guidebook is to provide a framework to practitioners, natural resource managers and coastal restoration managers in the Mid-Atlantic region so that […]