Morgan Rudd of Living Shorelines, left, and Grainger Coughtrey of Restoration Systems place mesh bags filled with oyster shells along a shoreline in Bogue, NC in an effort to restore salt marsh ...

BRIGANTINE — The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection will expedite the permitting process for South End residents looking to build bulkheads on their property due to erosion in the Cove ...

Morning trips to the beach in North Wildwood are routine for Mayor Patrick Rosenello, who has lived in the city since 1977. To appreciate the views sure, but lately to survey sand dunes which until ...

ATLANTIC CITY — City Council unanimously voted Wednesday night to introduce an ordinance requiring owners of vacant bayside lots to build bulkheads as a flood prevention measure. The proposed ...

Scientists and coastal advocates agree: Bulkheads are bad news for salt marshes. The vinyl or wooden structures that have long been the go-to solution along North Carolina’s estuaries and sounds, but ...

“I’m sure a bulkhead would benefit me as a homeowner from the surging and the water, but even during the hurricanes, the water gets up just about to where my pond is,” Norris said, gesturing to a ...

Islands have shrunk and wetlands are disappearing. Scientists worry that climate change, sea level rise and humans themselves are putting South Atlantic tidelands in danger from North Carolina’s Outer ...