A New Partnership for an Innovative Shoreline Project
/Fall / Winter 2020 - Center for the Inland Bays - Inland Bays Journal
The Center for the Inland Bays and the Delaware Botanic Gardens at Pepper Creek partnered in the summer and fall of 2020 to stabilize about 300 feet of shore...
Along the banks of Pepper Creek near Dagsboro, a new partnership propelled by the power of volunteers is helping a stronger shoreline take root.
Staff and supporters from the Delaware Center for the Inland Bays and the Delaware Botanic Gardens at Pepper Creek braved the hot, humid days of summer to build one of Delaware’s most innovative living shoreline projects using logs and branches gathered from the nearby woodlands.
“Using nature-based materials to stabilize shorelines is just as effective, and in some cases more effective, than hard-armoring methods such as bulkheads,” says Dr. Marianne Walch, the Center’s Science and Restoration Coordinator.