Shore Friendly Living - Managing Shoreline Erosion: Bulkheads or Natural Solutions

In our second episode, Hugh Shipman explores the Puget Sound’s 2,500 miles of shoreline, more than a quarter of which has been hardened in some way over the last century. Most shorelines erode naturally, and we often forget that erosion is part of the processes that are creating our beaches. Our well-intentioned efforts to prevent erosion can have negative effects on both the ecology and geology of the beach.

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