Shoring up Hampton Roads

Elizabeth River Project continues its living shoreline projects

By Jake Solyst |
Woman dressed in a blue shirt and blue jeans and white hat dumps oyster shells from a red bucket onto the shoreline edge.
Landscape designer Mary Mantey of Elizabeth River Project spreads oyster shells along a line of oyster castles as part of a living shoreline being constructed in Norfolk, Virginia. (Photo by Rhiannon Johnston/Chesapeake Bay Program)
A living shoreline is installed with members of the Elizabeth River Project in Norfolk, Va., on July 26, 2024. (Photo by Rhiannon Johnston/Chesapeake Bay Program)
A juvenile night heron visits a dock near a living shoreline under construction in Norfolk, Virginia. (Photo by Rhiannon Johnston/Chesapeake Bay Program)
A mature living shoreline lies near the home of Marie Jensen in Norfolk, Virginia. (Photo by Rhiannon Johnston/Chesapeake Bay Program)
Homeowner Marie Jensen poses in front of her mature living shoreline, which connects to a stretch of city-owned shoreline in Norfolk, Virginia. (Photo by Rhiannon Johnston/Chesapeake Bay Program)

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