Living Shoreline, measuring more than a mile in length, was constructed to protect Ordinary Point, a peninsula of land on the Sassafras River. The restoration was necessary to prevent the breach of the narrow peninsula to protect the sensitive habitat of Money Creek. The fetch from the west is approximately 10 miles. The project also included re-design and repair of the only access road to the point. Environmental Concern Inc. (EC) designed, engineered, permitted, constructed, planted, monitored and maintained the shoreline restoration. In total, over 5 acres of new marsh and marsh transition habitat were created / restored. The marsh was planted with more than 200,000 Spartina alterniflora and Spartina patens, the marsh transition was planted with warm season grasses and shrubs. All the plants for the project were grown in EC’s nursery.
