Sea Lab Sidebar: Living Shorelines

Project Greenshores Interactive Website

Dr. Ron Baker’s lab developed an interactive website using Project Greenshroes in Pensacola Bay, Florida to show how living shorelines can help reduce these impacts by stabilizing the coastal edge and enhancing fisheries’ biodiversity.

Project Greenshores began in the early 2000s to restore oyster reefs and create new salt marsh and seagrass habitats along Pensacola Bay. The project has created 50 acres of oyster reef and marsh habitat to date. Dr. Baker and his team dissect the project to show the habitats created and the fisheries’ biodiversity it supports.

The website was built with a grant from the Pensacola and Perdido Bays Estuary Program.

Breakwaters

This photo shows the layout of the Project Greenshores living shoreline. The breakwaters are visible along the marsh edge. These structures help to reduce wave action.