New York

Sustainable
Shorelines
Demonstration Site
Network
Engineering and cost
anaylsis studies by
Stevens Institute of
Technology
Long Island sites
listed on living
shorelines database:
mycopri.org
NYC Urban
Waterfront
Adaptation
Strategies Report
New Jersey
General Permit for
living shorelines
Working towards a
regional planning
appraoch- a
consistent overall
plan so that smaller
projects will
eventually be able to
integrate well side-
by-sde
Delaware
Cost-share program
for vegetative
stabilization
Statewide Acitivity
Approval Permit for:
marsh toe sills with a
planted marsh,
marsh toe
revetment with a
natural marsh,
natural fiber logs
Partnership for the
Delaware Estuary is
investing in hybrid
approaches at low
engery sites

Key Takeaways from the Workshop:
Regional (NY, NJ, DE) Dialogue to Advance
Sustainable Shorelines along Sheltered Coasts
A NSC Transfer Project
October 4, 2013, Rutgers University



Products, Tools and Initiatives Already in Place

Event participants shared information on projects and initiatives to promote living shorelines
occurring in their region or state. Below are a few examples of the efforts being made which
include streamlining permitting and regulatory processes, expanding ecology and engineering
research, and using currently implemented sites for monitoring and education.



























Areas for Collaboration

A session in the afternoon was dedicated to identifying key synergies and aspects under each
area that may provide collaborative opportunities for NY, NJ, and DE. These areas include:


Demonstration Projects
More regional, relevant projects to point to rather than successes in areas like Gulf
Coast. Helps with stakeholder buy-in because these are more local and offer greater
sense of ownership.
On-the-ground examples are valuable to educate regulatory staff, construction workers,
and engineers.

Monitoring
Sharing what is learned about the successes and failures of living shoreline approaches.
Monitoring of ecological services is currently an issue with our living shoreline projects
because of the small scale. Regional work and larger projects could help us move toward
this.

Economics and Implementation
Find a way to quantify costs avoided due to living shoreline.
Baseline data is of critical interest to designers and engineers.

Education
Large variety of stakeholders including: regulators, homeowners, engineers,
construction workers, municipalities, and landowners.
Need agreement on universal terminology and definitions between these stakeholders.

Regulatory
These other key categories are all viable and important regardless of differences in
regulatory approach. Not a limiting factor for regional collaboration.



Outputs and Outcomes of Transfer Project







For more information and a complete set of workshop materials, please visit:
http://www.hrnerr.org/estuary-training/trainingtopic/regional-dialogue-nynjde

Christina Tobitsch, SCA/AmeriCorps Estuary Stewardship Educator, NYSDEC Hudson River NERR
cmtobits@gw.dec.state.ny.us, (845) 889-4745 x115
Needs
Assessment
Proceedings
Workshop
Webinar with Federal Stakeholders
Regional
Collaboration