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GREEN SHORELINE PROJECTS ON LONG ISLAND
Presented By: Laura Schwanof, RLA
Presented To: May 15, 2013
110 Walt Whitman Road, Suite 204 Huntington Station, NY 11746
www.geiconsultants.com
Geotechnical, Water Resources,
Environmental and Ecology
Planning, Design and Construction Solutions
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WHAT IS A LIVING SHORELINE?
“A shoreline management practice that provides erosion control benefits; protects, restores or enhances natural shoreline habitat; and maintains coastal processes through the strategic placement of plants, stone, sand fill, and other structural organic materials (e.g., biologs, oyster reefs, etc.).”
- NOAA Shoreline Glossary
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“PROTECTS, RESTORES & ENHANCES NATURAL HABITATS & COASTAL PROCESSES…”
BEFORE:
Mid 1900’s method of
stabilizing shorelines using
various forms of construction
debris…
AFTER:
Replacing rubble with clean
backfill, controlling toe
erosion and restoring
ecological function & value
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HOW? … ONE OF MANY HANDY REFERENCES
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WHY? … CONSIDER COST BENEFITS:
Treatment Relative Complexity Relative Cost
Conventional vegetation Simple to Moderate Low
Live Stake Simple Low
Joint Planting Simple Low
Live Fascines Moderate Moderate
Brushmattress Moderate to complex Moderate
Live Cribwall Complex High
Branchpacking Moderate to complex Moderate
Conventional bank armoring Moderate to complex Moderate to High
Table based on “Streambank Erosion Protection Treatment Relative Costs and Complexity”
(Fischenich and Allen 1999)
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CONVENTIONAL SHORELINE STABILIZATION TECHNIQUES
Concrete Bulkheads
Source: NRCS 1996
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CONVENTIONAL SHORELINE STABILIZATION TECHNIQUES
Timber or Sheet Pile Bulkheads
Source: NRCS 1996
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CONVENTIONAL SHORELINE STABILIZATION TECHNIQUES
Rock Gabions
Source: NRCS 1996
Stone Riprap Revetment
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BIO ENGINEERING FOR SHORELINE STABILIZATION
1. Soil & Salinity
2. Slope
3. Climate
4. Use Intensity
5. Level of Exposure
6. Typical and Anticipated Flow of Water
Key Design Considerations for Treatment Selection:
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Treatment Selection Process
Soil Analysis
Slope & Wave Analysis
Vegetative Treatment Potential Rating Sheet
Climatic Regions
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What works…what
doesn’t? ~
Vegetative Treatment
Potential Rating Sheet
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4 Guiding Principals
• Consider the Length of Open Water or Fetch
• Control Drainage
• Determine the Natural Angle of Repose
• Protect the Base of the Slope or Toe
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#1 - Consider Length of Fetch
When vegetation alone just won’t do…
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#2 – Control Drainage
Both Overland Flow…
…and Subsurface Seeps
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#3 –Natural Angle of Repose Defined as the maximum slope at which loose solid material will remain in
place without sliding and the slope remains stable…
Modifying that angle will require some
form of structural support.
…and the critical slope where vegetation used
alone will provide long-term stabilization.
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#4 – Toe Protection is Critical
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Choice of Treatment
1. Plants as Primary Support (5:1 and flat)
2. Plants with Erosion Control (5:1 to 3:1)
3. Plants as Structural Support (3:1 to 2:1)
4. Plants with Additional Structural Support
(2:1 and steeper)
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Plants as Primary Support • 5:1 (horizontal: vertical) or flat ground • Not seeded • Low energy environment • No concentrated surface flows (sheet flow only)
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Planting Plugs
2 Years Later…
Before
Installation
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Plants With Erosion Control • 5:1 to 3:1 (horizontal: vertical) • Seeded • Low energy environment • Sheet flow only
Erosion Control Blankets & Mats
Hydro Mulching
Coir Logs
Coir Pallets
Source: NRCS 1996
Source: Google web images
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Erosion Control Mats
• Jute Netting • Prefabricated Blankets • Turf Reinforcement Mats (TRM) • Biodegradable Vs. Permanent
3 Years Later… Installation
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Fresh Kills Wetlands COIR LOG Installation Coir Pallets Steep Sided Channel & Fresh to Saline Conditions
3 Years Later…
Installation
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Coir Logs Tidal and Streambank Application for Toe Protection and Benched Plantings
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Plants as Structural Support • 3:1 to 2:1 horizontal/ vertical • Low to moderate energy environment • Seeding may be included
Live Stakes
Brushmattress Installation
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Live Stakes & Fascines
4 Months later
Installation
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Brushmattress
• Live Stakes • Dead Stakes • Fascine Bundles • Galvanized Wire Webbing • Seeds
Before
After
Installation
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Plants With Additional Structural Support
• 2:1 < Approaching Natural Angle of Repose • Low to Moderate Energy Environments
(On steeper slopes & high energy environments structural stabilization MUST predominate)
Vegetated Rip Rap
Live Crib Walls Source: Terra Erosion Control Ltd.
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Live Crib Wall
Installation of Structure
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Live Crib Wall
Monitoring Growth
Post Construction
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QUALITY CONTROL & QUALITY ASSURANCE
Build Into Contract: • Professional Design Team • Construction Observation • Long Term Monitoring
Design Phase: • Consider Long Term
Performance Standards (85%-90% - If You Can’t Meet
It – Don’t Propose It…) Remember:
• Post Construction Monitoring Spans 2 to 5 Years (1 Year Guarantees May Not Be Adequate)
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Case Study 1: Northern Captree Island
April 2012 August 2012
• Coir Logs
• Jute Netting
• Live Stakes
• Plug Plantings
• Seeding
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April 2012 August 2012
Early Vegetative Success
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Post SANDY & Winter Storms
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NEW SOLUTION?
Potential Composite Treatment
With Toe & Slope Reinforcement
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Case Study 2: Shoreline Stabilization Udall’s Mill Cove, Great Neck, NY
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• Live Stakes
• Fascines
• Brushmattress
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CONCLUSION 1. Key Design Considerations 2. 4 Guiding Principals 3. Approach Site Feasibility Analysis from Less to More 4. Integrate Plant Materials as Structural Elements & Permanent Cover 5. Monitoring is Essential to Success
Living Shorelines offer Sustainable Solutions, have Built-in Flexibility for Permanence and Support Biodiversity
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