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Eric Sparks eric.sparks@msstate.edu AL.com AL.com NOAA Gulf Spill Restoration Ecological Consulting Services, Inc. Eric Sparks Bulkhead installed Shoreline begins to recede Vertical erosion Loss of occurs intertidal habitat Douglass and

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Eric Sparks

eric.sparks@msstate.edu

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AL.com

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AL.com NOAA Gulf Spill Restoration

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Ecological Consulting Services, Inc. Eric Sparks

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Shoreline begins to recede Bulkhead installed Vertical erosion

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Loss of intertidal habitat

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Douglass and Pickel 1999

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Hardened Structure Living Shoreline

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Newsday.com

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AL.com

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Erosion

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AL.com

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  • Never heard of them
  • No demonstration projects
  • Don’t think living shorelines can protect their

property from erosion

  • Don’t connect natural environments with coastal

benefits (subconsciously they do)

  • Like clean cut look and/or don’t like wildlife

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  • Permitting
  • Perceived cost
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Email me: eric.sparks@msstate.edu

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Living Shoreline Success

  • Poor candidate
  • Good candidate
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Top 4 factors affecting Design and Costs

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Wave energy reducers Levels of wave energy

LOW MODERATE HIGH

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Materials

(per linear foot)

Plants Coir log Oyster shell

Living Elements

$10 $16-20 $5-20

Hybrid Elements

Rip rap $18-35 Reef balls $40

Bulkhead

Wood Vinyl Concrete $115-265 $125-285 $500-1000

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Bottom Lin ine cost estimates

(m (materials + labor)

Living shorelines Bulkhead Price range (per linear ft) $200-1300 $400-1300 Lifetime indefinite 20-50 yrs

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The Wise Project

On Palmetto Creek Perdido Beach, AL 225 linear ft. shoreline

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Materials cost

Temporary wave mitigation: $2,240

Coir log Wood stake

600 6” sods local grown marsh grass: $1,800

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No labor costs!

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Tools for the job

Shovels Post hole diggers Help! Sledge hammer

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Instructable:

  • 2. Prep site
  • 3. Plant sods
  • 1. Assess site & design
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Finished product

Before After

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Project costs

Living Shoreline

(self installation)

$4,200

Wooden Bulkhead

(estimated cost) (estimated cost)

$30k - $49k $30k - $56k

(self installation)

$26,000

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Perdido Key, FL

  • Failed bulkhead
  • 150 ft of shoreline
  • $3,000
  • Stop mowing!!!!!
  • Install temporary wave break
  • Plant marsh
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  • Never heard of them
  • No demonstration projects
  • Don’t think living shorelines can protect their

property from erosion

  • Don’t connect natural environments with coastal

benefits (subconsciously they do)

  • Like clean cut look and/or don’t like wildlife

AL.com

  • Permitting
  • Perceived cost
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Questions?

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  • Education,

, awareness, and research program

  • Cleanups (J

(July 5 and October 21)

  • To register or get more info,

, visit mscoastalcleanup.org

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AL.com

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AL.com

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Caitlin Wessel

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What are microplastics?

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Primary microplastics Secondary microplastics

Archie Crofton

Where do they come from?

Wolfram Burner/Flickr

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Most common microplastic

  • Fibers
  • Synthetic fabrics - polyester,

nylon, acrylic

  • Shed from clothes with each

washing

  • BIG source of microplastics

Florida Microplastic Awareness Project Florida Microplastic Awareness Project Caitlin Wessel

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Part of ICC

  • Over 50 local sites
  • ≈4,000 volunteers
  • 10-14 tons of trash
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How to get involved:

› Register at www.mscoastalcleanup.org › Assemble a group of friends

  • r family

› Mark your calendar!

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Coastal Cleanup Agenda:

  • Morning clean up
  • Collect data
  • Free lunch
  • Educational booths
  • Prizes
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We provide sampling gear, guides, and training. Partners provide citizen scientists and data.

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  • How to sample in the field
  • How to build necessary equipment
  • Processing water samples
  • Processing beach samples
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Margaret Waterson Margaret Waterson Margaret Waterson

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  • Location of sample
  • Number of microplastics per volume/area
  • Type of microplastics
  • Fibers
  • Fragments
  • Film
  • Beads

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Want to participate?

Contact me at eric.sparks@msstate.edu

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MASTERNATURALIST.EXTENSION.MSSTATE.EDU

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Chapters

➢Central - Jackson ➢Coastal - Biloxi

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Mission

To develop an organization of knowledgeable volunteers to help promote conservation and management of Mississippi’s natural resources through education, outreach, and service within their communities.

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Who are Master Naturalists?

➢Adults interested in nature ➢Adults who want to educate and volunteer to their community

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Program reach

➢ Tracking began in 2008 ➢ Approximately 230 participants ➢ Participants have reached

  • ver 200,000 people!

➢ Growing exponentially

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Certification Requirements

  • 1. Basic training course
  • 2. *8 advanced training hours
  • 3. *40 hours volunteer hours

*Annual requirements that must be approved

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Coastal Course Agenda

➢1 – Intro, pre-test, Ecology

➢ September 7th ➢ Coastal Research and Extension Center (CREC)

➢2 – Forest Ecology

➢ September 15th ➢ De Soto National Forest

➢3 – Coastal and Estuarine Ecology

➢ September 23rd ➢ Dauphin Island Sea Lab

➢4 – Entomology, Human Impacts

➢ September 28th ➢ CREC

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Coastal Course Agenda

➢5 – Fish

➢ October 3rd ➢ Gulf Coast Research Lab

➢6 – Wildlife and Forest Management

➢ October 7th ➢ Longleaf pine plantation

➢7 – Coastal habitats, birds

➢ October 14th ➢ Grand Bay NERR

➢8 –Volunteering, post-test, project presentations

➢ October 17th ➢ CREC

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Last year’s coastal course

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How to find out about Master Naturalist opportunities

➢Website

➢ http://masternaturalist.extension.msstate.edu/

➢Check and “like” facebook page

➢ www.facebook.com/MSMasterNaturalists

➢Email

➢ eric.sparks@msstate.edu

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Want to be added to waiting list?

Contact me at eric.sparks@msstate.edu