Assateague Coastal Dune Habitat

Project Profile

Project: Periodic Maintenance of Coastal Dune Habitat and Vehicular Access Points

Project Sponsor: State Government

Location: Mid-Atlantic Coast

Scope: Over many years, ER&M has performed maintenance work along this several mile stretch of dune. Work has included cleaning out, restoring, and fencing numerous vehicular crossovers; installing many thousands of feet of wooden handrails; removing, repairing, and installing tens of miles of sand fence; installing tens of miles of electric fence (for wildlife exclusion); and supplemental planting, seeding, and fertilizing of many acres of dune habitat.