Morgan Rudd of Living Shorelines, left, and Grainger Coughtrey of Restoration Systems place mesh bags filled with oyster shells along a shoreline in Bogue, NC in an effort to restore salt marsh ...

BRIGANTINE — The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection will expedite the permitting process for South End residents looking to build bulkheads on their property due to erosion in the Cove ...

ATLANTIC CITY — City Council unanimously voted Wednesday night to introduce an ordinance requiring owners of vacant bayside lots to build bulkheads as a flood prevention measure. The proposed ...

Scientists and coastal advocates agree: Bulkheads are bad news for salt marshes. The vinyl or wooden structures that have long been the go-to solution along North Carolina’s estuaries and sounds, but ...

Islands have shrunk and wetlands are disappearing. Scientists worry that climate change, sea level rise and humans themselves are putting South Atlantic tidelands in danger from North Carolina’s Outer ...

Under the Virginia rule, property owners could only build bulkheads or riprap in circumstances where a living shoreline would not provide adequate protection. Braxton Davis, the director of North ...