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Current Trends Resulting inCurrent Trends Resulting in
Continued Shoreline HardeningContinued Shoreline Hardening
Failing bulkheadsFailing bulkheadsneeding repairneeding repair
New developmentNew developmentpressurespressures
WaterfrontWaterfront
revitalizationrevitalization SeaSea--level riselevel rise
response?response?
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High tide lineHigh tide lineinventoried from theinventoried from the
riverriver
Tappan Zee bridge toTappan Zee bridge toTroy damTroy dam
3 level nested3 level nestedclassification schemeclassification scheme
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Hudson River ShorelineHudson River Shoreline
Classification DefinitionsClassification DefinitionsHudson River Shoreline Inventory Classification Definitions
Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve
L1 1 Engineered (hard)Engineered or constructed to stabilize or provide access, usually
vertical and without natural vegetated features
Nature 2 Soft Engineered (restored) Shore stabilized using plant materials or methods intended to improve
habitat
3 Natural Non engineered shore consisting of natural material or fill material, or
bedrock
L2 1 Revetment Non-vertical engineered shoreline
2 Gabion Rock held in place by wire mesh enclosure
3 Cribbing Rock held in place by timber frames
Structure 4 Bulkhead Solid vertical wall at river's edge, may be backfilled with a variety of
materials
5 Graminoid or broadleaf
vegetation
Broadleaf or graminoid, non-woody vegetation extending from intertidal
area to high tide line
6 Woody vegetation Brush, scrub or shrub, trees
7 Unvegetated No rooted vegetation
8 Woody debris Dominated by large woody debris
9 Other None apply, requires explanation in comments field
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Classification DefinitionsClassification Definitions
L3 1 Timber-Milled and assembled wooden material
2 Sheet pile
Steel interlocking sheets driven into the bottom, can be capped and/or
backfilled
Substrate 3 Concrete
4 Mud/SandNatural small or fine sediments, not rock
5 Unconsolidated Rock
Pepples, stones, shale, gravel, bedrock, bolders (all forms larger than
sand)
6 Solid Bedrock
7 Sand w/ brick
Sandy beaches with discarded bricks from former industry
8 Mixed soils and rock
Rock, dirt mixture, can be vegetated
9 Other
None apply, requires explanation in comments field
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Level 1Level 1--NatureNature
Hard EngineeredHard Engineered
Soft EngineeredSoft Engineered
NaturalNatural
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Level 2Level 2-- Shore StructureShore Structure
RevetmentRevetment
GabionGabion
CribbingCribbing BulkheadBulkhead
Gram/Gram/BrdlfBrdlfVegVeg
WoodyWoody UnvegetatedUnvegetated
Woody DebrisWoody Debris
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Level 3Level 3-- SubstrateSubstrate
TimberTimber
SheetpileSheetpile
ConcreteConcrete Mixed mud/sand/rockMixed mud/sand/rock
Unconsolidated rockUnconsolidated rock
Solid bedrockSolid bedrock Sand w/brickSand w/brick
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Hudson River ShorelineHudson River Shoreline
InventoryInventory--
GIS DatabaseGIS Database
Shoreline LocationShoreline Location
Discreet sections identifiedDiscreet sections identified
Compatible GIS dataCompatible GIS data
(NOAA charts,(NOAA charts, DEMsDEMs))
Summary statistics andSummary statistics andspatial distributionspatial distribution
informationinformation
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Hudson River Shoreline GISHudson River Shoreline GIS
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Hudson River Shoreline 2005Hudson River Shoreline 2005Level 1 Total (meters) PercentageHard Engineered 239968 44%
Soft Engineered 925 0.17%
Natural 301620 55%
100%
Level 2 Total (meters) Percentage
Revetment 166599 31%
Gabion 803 0.15%
Cribbing 5203 1%
Bulkhead 47408 9%Graminoid/Broadleaf Veg 59324 11%
Woody 163780 30%
Unvegetated 92775 17%
Woody Debris 6572 1%
100%
Level 3 Total (meters) Percentage
Timber 12802 2%
Sheetpile 8872 2%
Concrete 24890 5%
Mixed mud/sand/rock 149754 27%
Unconsolidated Rock 283404 52%
Solid Bedrock 52120 10%
Sand w/ Brick 4720 1%
98%
Rip Rap Total Percentage
Hard Engineered, Revetment, Unconsolidated Rock 165552 30%
Hard Engineered, Woody, Unconsolidated Rock 20358 4%Total 185910 34%
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Questions?Questions?
Daniel Miller
Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve
Norrie Point Environmental Center
Staatsburg, NY 12580845-889-4745 ext 110
http://www.ocrm.nos.noaa.gov/nerr/