Charleston, SC is an example of a coastal urban area where impacts from historic development activities have led to the degradation of shoreline and estuarine habitats.

Fortunately, many of these areas, important for commercial and recreational fish species and aesthetic and recreational value, can be restored to provide their former benefits. The restoration projects demonstrate methods of stabilizing eroding shorelines, revitalizing a degraded salt marsh, and increasing fisheries habitat – all in recreational areas with high value to the public.

The $750,000 Charleston Shoreline Restoration project is creating or restoring Charleston area estuarine marshes, including nearly 200 acres of degraded salt marsh by stabilizing shorelines and increasing tidal exchange.

Charleston gets NOAA mention for Earth Day 2010