Kudos for Erosion Control
/DBG featured in Delaware Beach Life Magazine. May 2023 issue. -- Andrew Sharp.
photograph courtesy of the Center for the Inland Bays
A rough structure resembling a split-rail fence lines the edge of Pepper Creek, but it isn’t meant for penning cattle. Instead, the wooden barrier at the Delaware Botanic Gardens is part of a project that keeps the stream bank itself from disappearing into the water.
At this particular spot near Dagsboro, the preservation of vulnerable land is earning recognition in the effort to educate visitors about what’s known as “living shoreline”.