This first, unseasonably warm winter for the living shoreline is providing ample opportunities for adaptive management and research. Our project partners, TransCoastal Adaptations, are studying the capacity of the shoreline to buffer against climate change in areas exposed to freeze-thaw winter conditions.

The living shoreline has survived hurricane Fiona! The storm came through Nova Scotia on September 24, 2022 causing major damage throughout the province and Atlantic Canada. Fortunately, the impacts of the storm weren’t seen as harshly in the Mahone Bay Harbour

Construction of the living shoreline has been completed! We are now moving into our monitoring stage. Thanks to the help of volunteers and community members there are 1250 plants within the vegetated bank and tidal marsh of the living shoreline