Living Shorelines

Living shorelines are an environmentally superior, competitively priced alternative to hardened bulkheads and seawalls. As a more effective and environmentally sound solution, living shorelines can improve water quality, provide fisheries habitat, increase biodiversity, and promote recreation.

Living shorelines are built from natural materials and are integrated with the landscape.

They act as natural barriers to wave energy to help trap sediments from tidal waters, allowing the marsh behind them to grow as sea level rises.

Want to see more?
To see if a living shoreline might benefit your property, please Request a Quote.

Your confidential response will be sent directly to Mary-Margaret McKinney, Director of Coastal Restoration for RS Shorelines, who will review and followup with you directly.

A living shoreline on your property can:

Reduce wave energy and erosion
Restore habitat for plants and animals
Avoid permits for hard structures
Increase resilience to storms
Trap sediment to stabilize and reclaim your waterfront
Improve water quality by filtering pollutants
Beautify your investment

Living Shorelines in the News

Living shorelines are helping to protect one of NC’s most valuable ecosystems
Raleigh News & Observer, October 2021

Protecting the Shoreline
PBS NC Science & Innovation, December 2021

There is a new way and new company to protect our coast and your property. RS Shorelines was formed by environmental mitigation expert Restoration Systems in 2020, when RS assumed the employees and project backlog of Carolina Silvics, North Carolina’s leader in living shoreline permitting and installation.

RS Shorelines staff has permitted and constructed over 3 miles of Living Shoreline at over 60 properties on the NC coast, many in coordination with the North Carolina Coastal Federation and partially funded by state and federal grants. Let us provide you a free quote to protect your coastal investment, beautify your property, and improve the waters you live on.