Supporting Coastal Community Resilience through Natural Infrastructure
This public input session will be held to inform the Crisfield community about EPA’s research on nature-based solutions such as marsh restoration and living breakwaters as was shared with institutional partners on April 19, 2024, and to solicit input from the public on how use of the sites and benefits to tourism and recreation may be affected or enhanced. This presentation shares why this research is being conducted, how it will help Crisfield, how the work fits into the context of other Crisfield resilience projects such as the FEMA flood mitigation plan, and provides the background of how nature-based strategies were proposed for Crisfield, how they work, and provides specific dimensions and locations of project options at Janes Island, Cedar Island, and the Lower Annemessex River.