Native Shorelines, a Davey company

?? ?? ?? ?? Living shoreline construction: June 2022 Photo: November 2024 Age of reef: 29 months #quickreef #livingshorelines #oysters #naturebasedsolutions

Hard to be stressed when your morning view is sunrise, still water, and a growing reef. #quickreef #oysters #livingshorelines #natirebasedsolutions

Happy oysters, happy marshes, happy landowners! Check out this #oyster our client pulled off his 20-month old #QuickReef living shoreline this weekend in Brunswick County, NC along the ICW!

Nothing like a beautiful end to another beautiful reef project! 270 LF of #QuickReef Defender sill installed over 2 days on a private property in Beaufort, NC to prevent erosion AND provide habitat with the same or better wave energy reduction than granite would have. #livingshorelines #coastalresiliency

We intuitively and qualitatively know that #QuickReef #livingshorelines increase intertidal habitat and attenuate wave energy. This is enough for some projects, but we know it is not enough for all. So in late 2023, we embarked on a year-long study to quantitatively test our various QuickReef? configurations. We are pleased to share the 2024 QuickReef Testing Report prepared by Bret Webb, Ph.D., P.E., BC.CE at the University of South Alabama presenting the results of the physical testing study designed by Whitney C. Thompson, P.E., Chris Paul, and John Darnall of Southern Shores Engineering, LLC. Over 300 wave cases were tested at the University of South Alabama wave flume on QuickReef? configurations and that data has also been used to inform and calibrate FLOW3D computational fluid dynamic models. We believe QuickReef? is one of the few, if not the only, alternative living shoreline material on the market to undergo this level of testing and to publicly share the data. The results are clear: In wave flume testing, wave reflection coefficients across all QuickReef? products were typically equivalent to or much less than values often attributed to rubble mound structures. All designs tested performed well, maintaining 50% or less wave energy transmission under design conditions. Further, accelerometer monitoring showed that testing configurations were mostly unable to motivate significant movement of the QuickReef? panels. The full engineering report is available on our website for download at: https://lnkd.in/ePHWdTpw.

Another project with phenomenal oyster growth! This one only 15 months old! That's what we call a quick reef! #QuickReef #LIVINGshoreline, Indian Beach, NC

Oysters!! They never cease to amaze us ?? ? #QuickReef? #LIVINGshoreline - Pine Knoll Shores, NC

Native Shorelines is excited to share that we have acquired the Virginia-based Ready Reef living shoreline company. Ready Reef will continue its services under the Native Shorelines name. We look forward to learning from Ready Reef’s owners and expanding their services and ours to even more customers in coastal Virginia. The full press release can be found at https://lnkd.in/eJmWcQyh

Look forward to meeting and learning from everyone this week at Restore America's Estuaries! Check us out at booths 19 & 20!

Going to the Restore America's Estuaries Summit next week in DC? We have lots of opportunities to connect with you there! Come see us at our joint Davey Resource Group, Inc. booth with Wetland Studies and Solutions, Inc. (WSSI), a Davey Tree Company and DAVEY MITIGATION or catch us at one of the events below.