Covering all aspects of Phragmites control, this guide recommends a plethora of control and management strategies. Eliminating Phragmites and other invasive species is a major challenge for assisted marsh migration projects.

This guide provides information on different silvicultural treatments used to create and manage fire-resistant forests.

This document provides best management practices for land managers to prevent the introduction and spread of invasive species.

This document provides information on integrated pest management principles and focal landscapes for the different federal agencies.

Spatially explicit sagebrush conservation plan to identify priority areas for collaborative conservation.

Developed by the Interagency Workgroup on Wetland Restoration, this guidebook provides information on restoration project planning, implementation, and monitoring.

The plan outlines government agency strategies to address invasive and nuisance aquatic species.

Beach stability determinations, information about permit requirements, and monitoring plans are just some of the information presented in this practical guide. The authors provide a helpful six-step plan for beach nourishment and address the problem of getting source sediment to match the sediment of the receiving beach.

This guide covers beach nourishment design, predicting future erosion, and the role of federal agencies in the process. The authors also outline the monitoring process and economic feasibility of projects.

This easy-to-read guide covers all the main elements of beach nourishment, from analyzing the site characteristics to monitoring. Included is a helpful infographic that lays out the entire spectrum of green to gray shoreline defense techniques.

Providing an overview of beaver ecology and conservation, this chapter is meant for those looking for general information about beavers. Topics covered include habitat requirements, disease, beaver–fish interactions, and the economic value of beavers.

BOEM's Marine Minerals Program includes several tools, programs and initatives useful for coastal projects involving the use of federal sand and sediment resources. These inclide: the national offshore sand inventory, the marine minerals information system (MMIS), support for environmental studies and sediment identification for projects, mimpact investifations and resource evaluations, and inventory/identification of marine mineral resources for project use.

This guidebook is helps community members to identify staff, technical and funding resources to implement NBS to build resilience to natural hazards.

This guidebook details five strategies community leaders can use to carry out NBS projects. While it doesn't include techncial guidance, it assigns value to listed strategies and suggested next steps for each.

This website is organized into 10 chapters describing different elements essential for communities interested in implementing coastal and waterfront smart growth. By clicking on the individual chapters on the left side bar, you will get a description of each Coastal and Waterfront Smart Growth Element, how this relates to the Coastal and Waterfront Issues, Tools and Techniques you can use in your community, and Case Studies of successes.

The Coastal Adaptation Strategies Handbook summarizes the current state of NPS climate adaptation at the time of publication (2016) and key approaches that were currently in practice or being considered for climate change adaptation in coastal areas. The handbook is intended to provide consideration for and guide adaptation planning in coastal parks. The chapters focus on policy, planning, cultural resources, natural resources, facility management, and communication and education.

This guide covers the main dune restoration techniques as well as helpful graphics to visualize the restoration process. Additional topics covered include maintenance, conserving shorebird habitat, and managing pedestrian use.

Focusing on the role that dunes play in the larger coastal system, this guide details the techniques of dune construction, improvement, and repair. A special emphasis is placed on maintaining beach access, including the construction of dune walkovers.

This webpage links to several resources and sites associated with FEMA's expanded coastal flood hazard studies and other coastal flood risk resiliency work. It discusses thier Risk Mapping, Assessment and Planning framework, how they're updating their flood insurance studies and flood insurance rate maps, and mitigation best practices. 

This technical note gives information about planting designs, the qualities of dune species and planting techniques. Additional topics covered include fencing installation and site management.