Protect Your Waterfront Assets with Living Shoreline Systems
In order to assure Long Island’s environmental future, we need to plant our natives in as many places as we can. Let’s bring nature to where we shop and dine. It’s as simple as deciding what we should plant instead. Non-native plants serve no ecological purpose, add nothing to Long Island.
Long Island’s municipal waterfronts are eroding. Hard bulkheads, the conventional response, are expensive to install, expensive to maintain, and damaging to nearshore habitats. They reflect wave energy instead of absorbing it, accelerating erosion on adjacent properties and destroying the biological productivity of the shoreline zone. Wetlands are delicate ecosystems that need the protection of a native plant buffer to stop runoff before it reaches wetland habitats.
We work with nature, not against it.
Implementing natural methods, like deep-rooted native plants, absorbs wave energy rather than deflect it. These buffers stabilize the shoreline, filter runoff, and create a living shield that protects your waterfront assets.
Our living shorelines use salt-tolerant native species with aggressive root systems that bind soil, trap sediment, and build organic matter over time. Unlike hard structures that deteriorate over time, living shorelines get stronger every year as root networks expand and plant communities mature.
Tell us about your shoreline conditions, erosion concerns, and site challenges—our team will design a resilient, nature-based system that stabilizes land, reduces erosion, and protects long-term coastal integrity.
