Green Shores provides options and tools for a wide range of planning, design, and construction professionals and landowners interested in minimizing the environmental impacts of their projects cost-effectively. 

For homeowners and communities, the stories, resources and examples presented here can inspire you to make choices that will benefit everyone in the long term.

How does Green Shores benefit property owners and land managers?

• By increasing accessibility of shorelines, eliminating drop-offs and walls, and creating opportunities for strolling, kayaking, foraging and similar beach enjoyment.
• By beautifying shorelines, adding native vegetation, and creating habitat for fish and wildlife.
• By making shorelines more secure against erosion and flooding.
• By offering financial benefits such as technical assistance, reduced permit fees, and tax incentives.

How does Green Shores benefit the environment?

• By preserving and restoring physical processes: the natural movement of water and sediment that maintain healthy shorelines.
• By preserving and enhancing shoreline habitat for plant and animal communities and biodiversity.
• By preventing or reducing pollution of the aquatic environment.
• By reducing cumulative impacts: the small individual effects that add up to large impacts on shoreline environments.