Environmental Concern designed, permitted, and constructed this living shoreline located on Harris Creek in Talbot County over a two-year period, completing the project in 2020. The living shoreline protects approximately 3,800 linear feet of shoreline and created over 7 acres of beneficial habitat on the Creek. Before construction, EC eradicated invasive Phragmites and rehabilitated an access road. Spartina alterniflora, Spartina patens, and Distichlis spicata were planted in the newly constructed wetland. In addition, the Restoration team planted Panicum virgatum and related warm-season grasses in the transitional habitat. As you can see in the ‘after’ picture below, thousands of native plants grown in EC’s nursery are thriving in their natural habitat one year after completion - providing food, nesting, and cover for birds, waterfowl, and wildlife.

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