STABILIZING THE SHORELINE
The Dog River Park shoreline stabilizing project was completed by the City of Mobile and the Mobile Bay National Estuary Program to protect public access to the river while restoring aquatic and terrestrial habitat and showcasing environmentally-friendly ways to control erosion
Estuaries play an important role for recreational fishing and commercial harvesting of fish, crustaceans, and shellfish. Unfortunately, coastal and estuarine shorelines are one of the most degraded and threatened habitats in the world because they are sensitive to sea level rise, storms, and increased utilization by man.
Efforts to protect shorelines have involved the introduction of hardened structures, such as seawalls, rock jetties, or bulkheads to dampen or reflect wave energy. Mobile Bay is one of the best examples of a classic estuary, and like many other coastal areas, is highly developed with a large and increasing proportion of the shorelines armored by bulkheads and seawalls.
Recently, shoreline protection efforts have shifted towards living shorelines. Living shorelines usually involve the planting or restoration of naturally occurring coastal plants or oyster reefs, creating filtration, refuge from predators, feeding habitats, and nesting. These benefits allow the growth of other habitats such as seagrass meadows or tidal marshes.
Walk the shoreline, between the waypoints given, and find the two most used materials to protect the shorelines here at Dog River Park
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