What Other Coastal Communities Are Doing

Coastal communities around the nation are faced with erosion problems but most of them are doing something about it in a big way.  Some of these solutions may work for Dauphin Island.

Plum Island, MA - hay bales & sand fencing stave off storm surges on the Atlantic
          Hay Bale Pilot Program Information
          Plum Island Foundation Website

Cape San Blas, FL

The Beaches of South Walton (FL)

Florida Coasts Dune Restoration (Univ. of Florida research)

Louisiana Wetlands

Galveston, TX

Fletcher Cove, Solana Beach, CA

Wrightsville Beach, NC

Plum Island, MA

Tampa Bay, FL