Sand Dollar Island protects Tigertail Lagoon and the city of Marco Island, Florida, a barrier island community. The island was migrating landward, squeezing the lagoon and reducing coastal protection. This project restored the sand spit, a coastal lagoon, and mangrove shorelines by reestablishing an adequate flow channel. 

The Trinity River is a channelized and levee-managed river that runs through downtown Dallas, Texas. The river has contributed to major flooding events in the city, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers created the Chain of Wetlands plan to improve infrastructure and reduce flooding risk. 

Following a 100-year rain storm in 1999, city officials of Two Harbors, Minnesota were concerned by the devastating flood damages to infrastructure, properties, roads, and water ways. They designed stormwater management plan emphasizing green infrastructure development. All togather, the city built three flood control basins, two streambank stabilization projects, and a rain garden.

The Chesterfield Heights neighborhood of Norfolk, Virginia is experiencing increased stormwater flooding and rapid sea-level rise. To address increased flooding, the goals were to conduct an adaption design process with full community involvement that focused on adaptation before significant storm and flooding damage occurred, and to maintain or expand ecosystem services. 

In 2017, Hurricanes Irma and Maria caused extensive damage to Puerto Rico’s already threatened dune system. After data collection and analysis steps, the team at Vida Marine chose high priority sites to implement restoration projects. These methods include vegetation plantings, new boardwalks to redirect foot traffic, public signage, and sand-trapping devices.  

The Wailuku-Kahului Wastewater Reclamation Facility on the island of Maui were in danger of failing within a 1- to 10-year timeframe because of chronic shoreline erosion. The County of Maui opted for a nature-based solution that included a buried revetment, some beach nourishment, dune restoration, and vegetative plantings.

This project aimed to replace a 1,900-foot failing steel seawall and protect a shoreline walking path along the St. Clair River in Marysville, MI. The nature-based design, used to stabilize the roadway embankment and reduce erosion from wave action, included a large stone toe and an emergent wetland shelf/bench with over 10,000 native plants.