Advisory: Lt. Governor to Tour Assateague Shoreline Resiliency Project

Funded by Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Trust Fund

Maryland Lieutenant Governor Boyd K. Rutherford will tour a shoreline resiliency and restoration project atAssateague State Park. The innovative project seeks to enhance habitat, improve public access and reduce erosion through the use of nature-based structures, including boulders, cobble and clean sand, and native wetland vegetation.

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources recently completed construction of the project, which consists of a series of 10 headland structures aimed at dissipating wave energy created during large storm events, and other climate and weather-based impacts. The project was funded by the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Trust Fund.

WHO:

Lt. Governor Boyd K. Rutherford
Natural Resources Secretary Mark Belton
Assateague State Park Manager Angela Baldwin
Maryland Coastal Bays Program Executive Director Frank Piorko
Assateague Island National Seashore Superintendent Deborah Darden

WHAT:

Tour of Assateague State Park Shoreline Resiliency and Restoration Project

WHERE:

Assateague State Park - Boat Ramp/Marina 
North side of Route 611, before the Verrazano Bridge

Parking reserved at the west side of the lot

WHEN:

Aug. 18, 2018
1 p.m. - 2 p.m.