Workshop Archive: Engineering Living Shorelines in Tidal New Hampshire
The workshop, Engineering Living Shorelines in New Hampshire, was held on Thursday, October 26, 2017 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. This web page hosts the archived materials and photos from the workshop. Workshop participants visited the Cutts Cove living shoreline project site in Portsmouth, NH and learned about living shoreline project design and construction. Please contact Steve Miller at steve.miller@wildlife.nh.gov with any questions.
Workshop participants tour the Cutts Cove living shoreline project with Dr. David Burdick.
Presentations
Materials
Photos
A site visit lecture
Dr. David Burdick explains how the Cutts Cove living shoreline project was designed and constructed. Photo by Kirsten Howard.
Planting the living shoreline
Planting the living shoreline
Digging
Living shoreline planting at Cutts Cove in Portsmouth, NH
Site visit to Cutts Cove
Workshop participants visit Cutts Cove. Photo by Kirsten Howard.
Sill construction
Sill construction below mean high water at the Cutts Cove living shoreline site in Portsmouth.
Measuring the tide
A little rain didn’t stop this group!
Erosion control
Jute material staked to control runoff at the Cutts Cove project site. Photo by Kirsten Howard.
A planted shoreline
Living shoreline construction and planting progress at Cutts Cove.
Video
Workshop organizers included the Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services Coastal Program, and the University of New Hampshire. Grant funding was provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office for Coastal Management.