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Coastal and Shoreline Restoration and Protection

Updated 05/18/2009

Coastal Restoration and Protection

Many scientists predict another forty to fifty years of severe Atlantic-basin storm activities. With hurricanes like Katrina and Rita possibly becoming more commonplace, the Norman A. Berg National Plant Materials Center has developed this storm-damage prevention database.

The NRCS Plant Materials Program provides technical resources and information on plants useful for coastal stabilization, technical documents from the Plant Materials Program, links to PMCs working on coastal issues, and links to other resources that will give your community access to the tools necessary to create, restore and protect vital coastal wetlands that are a first defense against severe storm activity.

Related Publications

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Below are a few examples of the coastal and shoreline restoration publications, for the complete list of related publications please go to Publications Relating to Coastal and Shoreline Restoration.

If you encounter any problems with the files provided on this page, please contact Leslie Glass at 701-250-4330.

These documents require Acrobat Reader.

Plant Fact Sheet: Gulf-Coast Spikerush. (PDF; 217 KB) Kadin, Elizabeth. 2001. USDA- NRCS Kika de la Garza Plant Materials Center, Kingsville, TX. Oct. 2001. 2p. (ID# 751)

Native Plants for Mississippi Coastline Restoration. (PDF; 713KB) Sherry Surrette, Cassandra Meyer. 2007. Palnt guides, plants database, plant vendors guide, Coffeeville, MS. 6p. (ID# 7156)

Plant Guide for Establishing Coastal Vegetation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. (PDF; 333 KB) Sherry Surrette. 2007. Jackson, MS. 4/202007. 39p. (ID# 7271)

NRCS Plant Materials Centers Working on Coastal Issues

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